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Maurizio Belpietro

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Maurizio Belpietro
Born
Maurizio Belpietro

(1958-05-10) 10 May 1958 (age 66)
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Maurizio Belpietro (born 10 May 1958) is an Italian journalist and television presenter.

Career

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Belpietro was born in Castenedolo, near Brescia, but he grew up in the town of Palazzolo sull'Oglio. He started his career as a journalist writing for the local newspaper Bresciaoggi in 1975. In 1994, he moved on to il Giornale with the journalist Vittorio Feltri, and returned few years later after a period as editor of the newspaper Il Tempo in 1996. From 2001 to 2007, he worked as editor of il Giornale.[1] He was succeeded by the journalist Mario Giordano when he became editor-in-chief of Italian newsmagazine Panorama.

In 2004, he became presenter of the television newsmagazine L'Antipatico, broadcast on Canale 5 and later on Rete 4. Since October 2007, he has also appeared on the morning news program Mattino Cinque. In 2009, he became editor-in-chief of the right-wing newspaper Libero, replacing Feltri.[1] He also hosts a short radio news program every morning on the radio station R101. In 2016, he founded a new independent daily newspaper La Verità, of which he is the editor-in-chief. In 2018, he became for the second time editor-in-chief for Panorama.[2]

Supreme Court of Cassation sentence

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In April 2010, Belpietro was sentenced by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation with sentence No. 13198 for contempt with the following motivation:

  • Italian: "La pubblicazione di articoli fortemente polemici contro la magistratura può portare il direttore del quotidiano responsabile della pubblicazione alla condanna per vilipendio e diffamazione."
  • English: "Publishing harshly news articles with a contentious content against Magistrates can lead to the editor in chief responsible of the publication to be sentenced for contempt and defamation."

The European Court of Human Rights did not uphold the verdict on the grounds that he was sentenced to 4 years in prison, which was suspended, holding this to be too harsh and enough to have violated his freedom of speech.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Speakers". International Journalism Festival. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ^ Borghi, Roberto (24 May 2019). "Belpietro direttore de l'Unità. "Per evitare la decadenza della testata". La rabbia dei redattori: La Verità è che lei dice falsità". Primaonline (in Italian). Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Editoria: Belpietro; Strasburgo, no carcere cronisti - Altre news - ANSA Europa - ANSA.it". 24 September 2013.
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Media offices
Preceded by
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Managing editor of L'Europeo
1989–1992
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Deputy editor-in-chief of L'Indipendente
1992–1994
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Federico Orlando
Deputy editor-in-chief of il Giornale
1994–1996
Succeeded by
Stefano Lorenzetto
Preceded by
Gianni Mottola
Editor-in-chief of Il Tempo
1996–1997
Succeeded by
Giampaolo Cresci
Preceded by
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Deputy editor-in-chief of Quotidiano Nazionale
1997
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Deputy editor-in-chief of il Giornale
1997–2001
Succeeded by
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Preceded by Editor-in-chief of il Giornale
2001–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Pietro Calabrese
Editor-in-chief of Panorama
2007–2009
Succeeded by
Giorgio Mulé
Preceded by Editor-in-chief of Libero
2009-2016
Succeeded by
Vittorio Feltri