Vittorio Feltri

Vittorio Feltri (born 25 June 1943) is an Italian journalist and editor in chief of daily far right Libero. He’s not part of the Ordine dei giornalisti since June 26th 2020.

Vittorio Feltri
Born	25 June 1943 (1943-06-25) (age 77) Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy
Years active	1962–
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Political party	Socialist Party (Before 1994) Independent (1994–2005; 2009–present) Liberal Reformers (2005–2009)
Spouse(s)	Maria Luisa (died 1968) Enoe Bonfanti (m. 1969)
Children	Saba, Laura, Mattia, Fiorenza

Biography

Feltri was born in Bergamo, Italy. He graduated with a degree in Political Science and then started his career as journalist in 1962, writing film reviews for the local newspaper L'Eco di Bergamo. In 1977 he moved to Corriere della Sera.

In 1993 Feltri refused the offer of Silvio Berlusconi to get involved in Fininvest. The next year he agreed to become editor of il Giornale, which was owned by Berlusconi, after its founder Indro Montanelli left. He was its editor until 1997. In the same period, he contributed to other newspapers and magazines, including Panorama, Il Foglio and Il Messaggero. In 2000, he founded the right-wing newspaper Libero, which he ran until 2009. In August 2009, he once again became the editor of Berlusconi's il Giornale.

In January 2015, he was nominated candidate for President of Italy by Lega Nord and Brothers of Italy.

He is an atheist.

Controversy

In December 2011, the Court of Milan sentenced Feltri to compensate the former Federation of the Greens Senator, among the founders of Arcigay, Gianpaolo Silvestri with 50 thousand euros for a homophobic insult.

In 2017, Feltri said that Asia Argento should be thankful that Harvey Weinstein had forced oral sex on her.

In 2019, he expressed anti-semitism views against journalist David Parenzo and claimed that Jews have "bored" him with the Holocaust.

In April 2020, during a television show, Feltri considered southern Italians as "inferior people". His words caused controversy around Italy.

In February 2021, during a television interview, he was asked by a journalist “Which relevant people you’d like in the new government?” to which he replied “Hitler”, provoking controversy both on social media and in the press.

External links

• Articles written on Libero (in Italian)
• Articles written on il Giornale (in Italian)
• Articles written on Panorama (in Italian)

Media offices
Preceded by ?	Editor in chief of BergamoOggi 1983–1984	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Lanfranco Vaccari	Editor in chief of L'Europeo 1989–1992	Succeeded by Daniele Protti
Preceded by Ricardo Franco Levi	Editor in chief of L'Indipendente 1992–1994	Succeeded by Pia Luisa Bianco
Preceded by Indro Montanelli	Editor in chief of Il Giornale 1994–1997	Succeeded by Mario Cervi
Preceded by ?	Editor in chief of Il Borghese 1998–1999	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by ?	Editor in chief of Quotidiano Nazionale 1999–2000	Succeeded by Giorgio Mulé
Preceded by Maurizio Belpietro	Editor in chief of Libero 2000–2009	Succeeded by Maurizio Belpietro
Preceded by Mario Giordano	Editor in chief of Il Giornale 2009–2010	Succeeded by Alessandro Sallusti