It has sparked a public debate, in fact, the sudden reaction that the satirical show "Striscia la Notizia" has made to the famous Italian journalist, Giovanna Botteri, targeting the latter for her careless appearance, messy hair and blouse. the same with which the journalist appears in almost every public appearance.
What happened on April 28, in the episode "Striscia la Notizia", in which the presenter Michelle Hunzinker mocked the journalist's hair, and especially with her dress, questioning the fact whether she ever washed it, has made that Botter not to be silent.
Her reaction is typical of a man who with great prudence and ingenuity gives a public "slap" to a format such as "Striscia la Notizia" and an acute phenomenon such as that of bullying that commonly occurs in societies around the world, and prey on who fall not only unknown people, but very often even those who enjoy public statuses.
"I would like the whole story, apart from me, to be a real discussion moment, let me, even aggressive, about the relationship with the image that journalists, especially television journalists, have or should have according to someone. Here in Beijing I was hired by the BBC, considered one of the best and most reliable televisions in the world. Its journalists are young and old, white, colored, yellow. Beautiful and ugly, elegant and doable. With wrinkles, with the back, nose and big ears. Itâ??s someone who comes out on screen without a piece of the arm. And no one says anything, at home they just listen to what they say.
Because it is the only thing that matters, that matters and is expected of a journalist. I would like all of us to be pushed towards a goal, at least, like this. To strip away vain, anachronistic patterns that are no longer right. I would not want an intervention in my history to end by giving credibility and seriousness to idiotic and inconsistent attacks that do not deserve it. Instead, I would be happy if there was an excuse to discuss and make people discuss important things for us, and above all for future generations of women, "said Giovanna Botteri.
But who is the famous Italian journalist Botteri?
She was born on June 14, 1957 in Trieste, the journalist is the daughter of former Rai director in Trieste, Guido Botteri. From her father she inherited a passion for journalism. After graduating in Philosophy from the University of Trieste, she also invested in further studies, namely a doctorate in the profile of the History of Cinema at the Sorbonne University in Paris. During the first half of the 1980s, she began to become known in the world of journalism, writing for several local newspapers. In 1985 she joined Rai, where she collaborated with Michele Santoron. Three years later she was positioned in the foreign editorial office of TG3. Within a few years it has become one of the main special correspondents, thanks to its services from countries such as Bosnia, Algeria, South Africa, Iran, Albania, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2006 she moved to NewYork to play the role of correspondent from the United States. Since August 2019, she has been living in China, where she works as a correspondent from Beijing, for the Rai channel. The journalist has always kept her private life away from media attention and has no profile on social media. She was married to Lanfranco Pacen, a British journalist. The couple has a daughter, Sarah Ginevra Paci, manager for an important Italian company.
