(see related) Senate Speaker
Pietro Grasso said Thursday that the subject of the Mafia must
never be trivialised amid a furore over an interview with Salvo
Riina, the son of jailed Cosa Nostra 'boss of bosses' Totò
Riina, broadcast Wednesday by State broadcaster RAI.
"I think that the public service (broadcaster) must not
have news limits, but it must impose a different level of
responsibility and seriousness," said Grasso following an outcry
over the interview with Riina Jr, who has written a book, on
veteran presenter Bruno Vespa's Porta a Porta talk show.
"You must not trivialize the Mafia, and open up to
commercial and cultural operations of this type," added Grasso,
a former national anti-mafia prosecutor.
"A reparatory episode (of the show) does not justify it.
On the contrary, it seems to put the mafia and the State on the
same level".
Vespa has announced that Thursday's Porta a Porta will be
devoted to the fight against organised crime.
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