In the daily press review of Viva Rai2!, Fiorello reads from Repubblica the news of Mediaset's overtaking in TV ratings, but immediately receives a denial from Rai CEO Roberto Sergio. "The Rai Board of Directors admits the overtaking of Mediaset, for the first time in thirty years of duopoly. It's nice because this way there will be a new stimulus to do better. In place of the Rai horse in Piazza Mazzini there is already the Gabibbo. Yesterday Roberto Sergio exclaimed 'Italy... one!' - the host quips, but soon a message from Roberto Sergio himself arrives on his cell phone - Wait... I received a message, not a bullshit, but almost, from RobertoSergio: you've read fake news, it's the best balance sheet of recent years and we're always leader in ratings. He also put the pointing finger emoji, the director denies it!", underlines the showman reading the CEO's informal correction.
"Sergio writes 'Repubblica must be taken with a pinch of salt'. But I can say, director, Ad, it's not just on Repubblica, if it's a fake everyone has taken it. We can't avoid saying things, on the contrary we show that we don't look into nobody should do it, so if it's fake news, deny it", comments the showman.
Then Fiorello reads about an anecdote recently told by Bruno Vespa: "Here, Vespa says 'When I refused two million from Berlusconi to go to Mediaset', he would have gone for 'La babe and the nerd'. Daddy, without taking anything away from you who remove the hair from your chest and dye yourself, but would you watch a Pupa and Nerd hosted by Vespa... would the public watch it? Women love him!".
There is also room for political satire: Sicily is at the center of the discussion today: "A record has been broken that Italy should be proud of. 'Vote exchange in Catania, deputy governor suspended, two carabinieri under investigation'. This was a record, just think, for thirteen hours no politician had been investigated! - jokes the showman - Guys, the word is storm, but there is serenity because the judiciary will do its job... The vice-president of the region Sammartino has been suspended for corruption, this is his defense: Puglia was stealing our visibility. The League played the wild card with Sammartino - says Fiorello ironically - In Sammartino they call him 'the lord of the cards'. The curious thing is that Sammartino's uncle is an inspector in Bari and was sent to Bari to check cases of alleged corruption. They called him back 'Maybe it's better for him to go home'."