Giovanni Minoli

thumb|Giovanni Minoli in 2013 Giovsnni Minoli (born 1945) is an Italian journalist, television presenter, and academic. Quotes When I became director of Raidue, I asked Michele Guardì, who is a tough guy, to give him a really tough audition. He did the audition, came back, and said to me, "He's absolutely brilliant." Massimo really worked his way up the ranks, and it was a tough journey. He has become better than his programme. From an interview by Massimo Falcioni, Minoli a Giletti: "La Rai ti ha mandato via in modo ignobile, ma hai vinto tu", TV Blog, 31 March 2019. (About the creation of the TV programme Mixer) The remote control had been invented, and we had to enter the world of competition. So, we came up with this format for a programme designed as a vertical schedule, where we were the ones changing channels, staying ahead of the viewer and offering something different every fifteen minutes. "Mixer" quarant'anni dopo, Rai - Ufficio Stampa, 25 April 2020. Socialist – I really like that word. [...] But I've never had a party membership card. I'm approaching seventy. And I've met a huge number of politicians in my life – I've met almost all of them. I’ve been meeting them and interviewing them for forty years. So, when people say that I've been close to power, and they draw a link between my career and my personal relationships, I'm genuinely disappointed. But it's always been like that. That's the story of my life. From an interview by Salvatore Merlo, Lo specchio della tv, Il Foglio, 29 March 2014. They sacked you in a disgraceful way while you were presenting a hugely successful programme, and without any explanation – at least, I didn't read any. In any case, Massimo went to another company, where he found a great editor in Cairo, who was also tough but always available. You won, and you did well. Quoted in Davide Locano, Non è l'arena, Giovanni Minoli fa godere Massimo Giletti: "Rai ignobile", massacro dal cuore di Viale Mazzini, Libero Quotidiano, 31 March 2019. Interviews From an interview by Aldo Cazzullo, Quando costrinsi Giletti a dormire in auto sotto casa di Giulio Andreotti (e ne valse la pena), Corriere della Sera, 28 October 2017 Interviewer: Have you ever been unnecessarily harsh? Minoli : Yes. With Berlusconi. It was the interview when he announced he was running for prime minister: 14 million viewers. Everyone knew he was going to win the election, and that gave me an extra boost. In the end, my wife Matilde said to me, 'You're mad; it's over." In fact, I was the network director, and they got rid of me. I've always been a successful loser. (About Craxi) I stand by them, and I would do them again. I put my name to it, unlike those who run parties' election campaigns behind the scenes, pulling the wool over people's eyes – and, indeed, they're still on RAI. You can be a socialist and be a decent person. I'm a decent socialist and an aspiring Christian. I am the only TV personality who, for forty years, has been both a writer-presenter and a director-manager. This has enabled me to banish vanity and to launch some of the best television journalists in Italy. (About Massimo Giletti) I asked Michele Guardì, a truly great figure in television, to put him through one of his auditions. He gave him a real dressing-down. In the end, he told me he had what it takes. On the evening that Andreotti was formally charged, I told him to sleep in his car outside his house; at dawn, he accompanied him to Mass, and he was the only one to interview him. Quotes about Coherence cannot be rented. Consistency is a serious matter. Take Giovanni Minoli, for example. [...] Recently, he has done nothing but pursue every possible avenue to advance his career. Paolo Serventi Longhi, from an interview by Claudio Sabelli Fioretti, Sette, reported in Corriere della Sera, 29 August 2002. Much of what's out there today – including conductors – is still the result of Minoli's work: he has always been the best, the most knowledgeable and the most intuitive. People say he's bad-tempered. But some jobs only work out well if you've got a bad temper. Giovanni Benincasa, quoted in L'inventore di programmi: intervista a Giovanni Benincasa, 8 May 2009. Minoli, Giovanni Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Journalists from Italy Category:Television presenters