Vittorio Feltri


Vittorio Feltri is an Italian ex journalist and editor in chief.

Biography

Feltri was born in Bergamo, Italy. He obtained the degree in Political Science and started his career as journalist in 1962, writing film reviews for the local newspaper L'Eco di Bergamo. In 1977 he moved to the 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, controlled 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, like 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 have caused controversy around Italy.