Finally, transversal consensus on Mattarella’s second term. Eurispes – CoRiS TV News Observatory Report

Coverage of the election of the President of the Republic
TV News from 24 to 28 January – As it was inevitable, the President of the Republic voting is the focus of all the headlines dedicated to the current political balance and the various nominations, with many editions dedicated to the elections review and six days of non-stop reporting by Mentana in the La7 TV news special. In a scenario of exciting suspense, which was ended for the sixth time on Friday evening by a “black smoke”, the information follows the stages of an obstacle race spiced with rumours and coups de théâtre, in an attempt to anticipate a possible agreement. The Mediaset TV News has been very active, offering several reports on the various candidates of the centre-right, underlining the name of Elisabetta Belloni (on Monday), which “faded” on Friday evening, too late to be reported by the evening TV news. There was a change of scenario in Saturday’s editions, which first announced and then “resumed” in prime time the turning point of President Mattarella’s second term.
The report of the pandemic slowing down
Aside from the reports on the vote for the Quirinal, the pandemic has been covered in the middle of the edition. All the TV News confirmed a positive outlook, with the infections figures indicating an overall “slowdown”, although the number of victims remains very high. Tg5 continues to feature interviews with experts and immunologists hosted live by Luciano Onder.
Remembrance Day, Tg5: remembering is like “vaccinating”
On Wednesday and Thursday, there is a big focus on Holocaust Memorial Day, with headlines for all and many moving testimonies from some of the survivors of the Shoah. Among the editorials, Tg5 proposes on Thursday Pierluigi Battista, who, reflecting on some recent attacks, such as the one against a twelve-year-old student of Jewish origin, reiterated the need for continuous reminders against anti-Semitism ” just like vaccines”, stressing the fundamental role of the school.
Ukraine, tension grows. Migrants, between borders and deaths at sea
The winds of war over Ukraine, with growing tension between the US, Russia and NATO countries, are blowing in the foreign affairs sections, with 17 mentions in the headlines, and good in-depth coverage by Tg2 and Tg La7, which try to track the movements of other players on the international scene, particularly Germany and Turkey. Moderate attention was paid to the migratory phenomenon, with Tg5 and Tg3 reporting on new deaths at sea on Tuesday and pointing out how more than 2,000 refugees have already landed in Italy since early 2022. Tg3’s in-depth report on Friday on the situation along the Belarusian border was good. At the same time, Tg1 dedicated a report to the hopes of a team of Afghan female athletes who had fled Herat and were welcomed by colleagues from a team in Florence. On the whole, there is less space for the news, with the dramatic family massacre in Licata, which is featured in four headlines; the RAI news focuses on the reactions of the small community. Tg5 returns (Thursday) on the facts of Foggia, detailing in services the results of a large anti-crime operation that follows the interventions of the Minister of Interior, Luciana Lamorgese. On Sunday, the accident that caused the death of an 18-year-old boy from Udine who was involved in a school-work project is a matter of concern to everyone, with Tg3 dedicating a double headline to the subject and reporting on the student protest demonstrations on Friday.