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Sports journalists at Italy's state broadcaster, Rai, are striking after an anchor made numerous errors during the Olympics opening ceremonies. The anchor misidentified celebrities and made other blunders, leading to widespread criticism. The strike is scheduled for after the Games end.
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- Sports journalists at Italy's state broadcaster, Rai, are striking after an anchor made numerous errors during the Olympics opening ceremonies. The anchor misidentified celebrities and made other blunders, leading to widespread criticism. The strike is scheduled for after the Games end.
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Journalists are incensed.Listen to this article \u00b7 5:21 min Learn moreShare full articleMariah Carey performing at one of the opening ceremonies for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar\/The New York TimesBy Motoko RichReporting from MilanFeb. 10, 2026Sports journalists at Rai, Italy\u2019s state broadcaster, say they are going on strike \u2014 not to protest low wages or bad working conditions, but because their boss couldn\u2019t tell the difference between American pop diva Mariah Carey and a much younger Italian actress.Paolo Petrecca, the director of Rai\u2019s sports division, made numerous gaffes while giving a running commentary on the Games\u2019 opening ceremonies in Milan on Friday, spurring howls of outrage on Italian media for the last three days.Adding to the outcry, the members of Rai\u2019s union of sports journalists are now protesting Mr. Petrecca\u2019s mistakes by withholding their bylines from Olympic coverage, after announcing on Monday that they will strike for three days immediately after the Games end on Feb. 22.Mr. Petrecca has been head of the sports division for 10 months and has worked for the state broadcaster since 2001. He opened the three-and-a-half hour broadcast by calling San Siro, a century-old landmark soccer stadium in Milan where one of four ceremonies took place, the \u201cOlympic Stadium,\u201d the official name of the main soccer stadium in Rome. He described Kirsty Coventry, the president of the International Olympic Committee, as the daughter of Sergio Mattarella, Italy\u2019s president.He failed to recognize two members of Italy\u2019s women\u2019s volleyball team, who were torchbearers. He mistook Brazil\u2019s delegation for Bulgaria\u2019s and then, once he realized he was looking at Brazilians, remarked that \u201cdance is in their blood.\u201dImageMr. Petrecca opened the broadcast by calling San Siro, a century-old soccer stadium in Milan where one of four ceremonies took place, the \u201cOlympic Stadium.\u201dCredit...Gabriela Bhaskar\/The New York TimesWhen Matilda De Angelis, 30, an Italian actress, took up a symphony baton to conduct people dressed up as famous Italian composers, Mr. Petrecca initially said she was Ms. Carey, who is 56 and who had flown in for the ceremony from the United States.Mr. Petrecca did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Rai declined to comment.\u201cFor three days now, we have all been embarrassed, without exception and through no fault of our own,\u201d the journalists\u2019 union said in a statement on Monday. \u201cIt is time to make our voices heard because we are facing the worst performance ever by Rai Sport during one of the most eagerly awaited events ever, the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.\u201dAlessandro Antinelli, a representative of the Rai Sport journalists\u2019 union who runs the group\u2019s soccer coverage, said that three days before the opening ceremonies, he approached Mr. Petrecca to suggest that he hand over commentating duties to a more experienced sports anchor. \u201cIn our newsroom there are people who have covered 10, eight, seven, five Olympics,\u201d said Mr. Antinelli, who is currently reporting on Olympic events hosted in Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo. \u201cHe is not a sports journalist.\u201dThe Italian news media has been unsparing about Mr. Petrecca\u2019s performance. Corriere della Sera, one of Italy\u2019s main newspapers, called the opening ceremony \u201cone of the most dismal broadcasts\u201d ever aired by Rai, and La Repubblica said that both for Rai and \u201cfor all of Italy\u201d the ceremony \u201cwas transformed into a Waterloo stuffed with gaffes, blunders, and ill-advised censorship.\u201dIn one Instagram post, Lorenzo Tosa, a freelance writer, criticized Mr. Petrecca\u2019s \u201cembarrassing gaffes, sensational blunders, incorrect names, names not even mentioned and obscured,\u201d writing that \u201cas an Italian citizen, I am ashamed.\u201d His post was liked 183,000 times.Like many others on social media, Mr. Tosa pointed out Mr. Petrecca made no mention of Ghali, a well known Italian rapper of Tunisian heritage who recited a poem during the ceremony in Milan.ImageMr. Petrecca omitted any mention of Ghali, a well-known Italian rapper of Tunisian heritage who recited a poem during the ceremony in Milan.Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar\/The New York TimesGhali, who is known for his political lyrics in his music, had won fourth place at Italy\u2019s songwriting competition in 2024 and concluded his performance by saying \u201cstop the genocide\u201d in an implied reference to the Israeli invasion of Gaza. A day later, a Rai anchor read aloud a letter, from the chief executive of the state broadcaster, expressing solidarity with Israel.The sports newsroom had already protested the leadership of Mr. Petrecca, who has never been a sports journalist and spent a large part of his career covering politics. The union twice voted to reject his editorial plans last year because they, were \u201ccompletely insufficient,\u201d Mr. Antinelli said, and did not represent \u201cthe skills required to steer our newsroom.\u201dMost of Rai\u2019s leadership is nominated by Italy\u2019s government of the day, which since 2022 has been led by Giorgia Meloni, Italy\u2019s right-wing prime minister. For years, the government\u2019s influence over the broadcaster has led to recurrent accusations of bias, during both left-leaning and right-leaning administrations.Journalists at Rai have previously accused the state broadcaster of being \u201creduced to a megaphone of the government\u201d and gone on strike to protest what they described as the government\u2019s \u201csuffocating control\u201d of journalists.In this instance, Mr. Antinelli said the sports journalists, 40 of whom are covering the Games, are not motivated by politics but by their concerns over Mr. Petrecca\u2019s \u201ccompetence and his skills.\u201dJosephine de La Bruy\u00e8re contributed reporting from Milan and Elisabetta Povoledo from Rome.A correction was made on\u00a0Feb. 10, 2026:\u00a0An earlier version of this article misstated the age of the Italian actress Matilda De Angelis. She is 30, not 36.When we learn of a mistake, we acknowledge it with a correction. If you spot an error, please let us know at corrections@nytimes.com.Learn moreMotoko Rich is the Times bureau chief in Rome, where she covers Italy, the Vatican and Greece.See more on: Giorgia Meloni NewsRead 60 commentsShare full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT", "ai_headline": "Italian Reporters to Strike After TV Anchor Mangles Celebrity IDs", "ai_simplified_title": "Rai Journalists Strike Over Anchor's Olympic Gaffes", "ai_excerpt": "Sports journalists at Italy's state broadcaster, Rai, are striking after an anchor made numerous errors during the Olympics opening ceremonies. The anchor misidentified celebrities and made other blunders, leading to widespread criticism. 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liveUpdatesPhotosMedal StandingsUkrainian Athlete DisqualifiedAtmosphere in ItalyAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTItalian Reporters to Strike After TV Anchor Mangles Celebrity IDsPaolo Petrecca made numerous gaffes while commentating on the Olympics opening ceremonies for Italy’s public broadcaster. Journalists are incensed.Listen to this article · 5:21 min Learn moreShare full articleMariah Carey performing at one of the opening ceremonies for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.Credit...Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York TimesBy Motoko RichReporting from MilanFeb. 10, 2026Sports journalists at Rai, Italy’s state broadcaster, say they are going on strike — not to protest low wages or bad working conditions, but because their boss couldn’t tell the difference between American pop diva Mariah Carey and a much younger Italian actress.Paolo Petrecca, the director of Rai’s sports division, made numerous gaffes while giving a running commentary on the Gam...
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Simplified: Sports journalists at Rai are going on strike because their boss could not tell difference between Mariah Carey and a younger Italian actress
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Simplified: Mr. Petrecca has been head of sports division for 10 months and has worked for state broadcaster since 2001
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He failed to recognize two members of Italy’s women’s volleyball team, who were torchbearers.0.950👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Media , Olympics 🆔 a11625ce-11b0-4cec-bc64-4497aa4f8e99Simplified: He failed to recognize two members of Italy’s women’s volleyball team who were torchbearers
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Simplified: Spokesperson for Rai declined to comment
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Simplified: Journalists’ union said they have all been embarrassed for three days
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👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Organizational 🆔 a11625ce-ee2b-4412-b111-1dc205b5e8e7Simplified: Most of Rai’s leadership is nominated by Italy’s government which since 2022 has been led by Giorgia Meloni
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Simplified: Josephine de La Bruyère contributed reporting from Milan Elisabetta Povoledo from Rome
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👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Age , Correction 🆔 a11625cf-2f1f-470c-9e09-0c1e6e28bc1bSimplified: A correction was made on Feb 10 2026 article misstated age of Matilda De Angelis she is 30 not 36
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Motoko Rich is the Times bureau chief in Rome, where she covers Italy, the Vatican and Greece.0.950Simplified: Motoko Rich is Times bureau chief in Rome she covers Italy Vatican Greece