Emilio Fede (born 24 June 1931) is an Italian anchorman, journalist and writer. He has been the director of ''

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'' (from 1981 to 1982), a news programme on

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, '' Studio Aperto'' (from 1991 to 1992), a news programme on

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, and ''

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'' (from 1992 to 2012), a news programme on

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Biography

Fede was born in

Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (; Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Baccialona Pizzaottu'') is a town and ''comune'' of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, Italy, from Messina, Italy, Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the M ...

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. He spent part of his youth living in nearby

San Piero Patti San Piero Patti ( Sicilian: ''San Pieru Patti'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. San Piero Patti borders the follow ...

. He started his career in the Italian public broadcasting company (

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) in the early 1950s, and went on to become one of the most popular faces in its news dominant TV market share in

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. Fede during the direction since 1991 to 2012 of ''

'', a news programme on

, owned by Italian tycoon and former premier

Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

, has been often accused of excessive

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for Berlusconi in his news management. Fede is, at present, indicted for favouring prostitution of a minor in the framework of the so-called

Rubygate Silvio Berlusconi, then the Prime Minister of Italy, was accused and initially formally convicted of paying 17-year-old Moroccan Karima El Mahroug, also known by the stage name Ruby Rubacuori (Italian for "Ruby the Heartstealer"), for sexual se ...

scandal.

Assault

On 24 November 2010, Fede was assaulted at a restaurant in Milan's city centre by Gian Germano Giuliani, the owner of Giuliani Pharmaceuticals.

Prison

In 2017, Fede was sentenced to jail for three years, six months because of bankruptcy. He was found guilty of pocketing 1.1 million euros that were supposed to be used to prevent Lele Mora's agency from going bankrupt. The court ordered him to pay back the money immediately.

Books

*''Finché c'è Fede'' (1997) *''Privé. La vita è un gioco'' (1998) *''L'invidiato speciale'' (1999) *''La foglia di fico'' (2000) *''Samba dei ruffiani'' (2001) *''La cena dei cretini'' (2002) *''Ladro d'amore'' (2003) *''Peluche'' (2005) *''Fuori Onda'' (2006) All published by

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References

1931 births Living people People from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Italian television journalists Mass media people from Sicily People from San Piero Patti {{Italy-journalist-stub