Mario Giordano

Giordano was born in Alessandria, Italy. After graduating in political science at the University of Turin, he started his career as journalist writing for some local weekly and daily publications, such as the Catholic weekly publication Nostro tempo in 1994, where he met the journalist Marco Travaglio,{{cite news|last=Giordano|first=Mario Giordano|date=14 May 2008|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/pag_pdf.php?ID=77819|url-status=dead|title=Due o tre cose sul mio ex amico Travaglio|work=Il Giornale|language=it|page=43|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813105301/http://www.ilgiornale.it/pag_pdf.php?ID=77819|archive-date=13 August 2011|access-date=21 June 2023}} and L'informazione. In 1996, he became an editorialist at {{lang|it|Il Giornale}}, where he collaborated with Vittorio Feltri.{{cite news|last=Capecelatro|first=Fabrizio|date=15 February 2022|url=https://www.lanotiziagiornale.it/mario-giordano-moglie-figli-e-la-sindrome-che-ne-altera-la-voce/|title=Mario Giordano: moglie, figli e la sindrome che ne altera la voce|website=La Notizia Giornale|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}} Since 1997, he has appeared in some talk shows and debate programmes on RAI as commentator with the journalist Gad Lerner.{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mario-giordano/|title=Giordano, Mario|website=Treccani|language=it|publisher=Italian Encyclopedia Institute|date=|access-date=21 June 2023}} His characteristic high-pitched voice is caused by Klinefelter syndrome.{{cite web|last=Mercadante|first=Giusy|date=22 February 2023|url=https://www.dire.it/22-02-2023/875799-mario-giordano-risponde-a-fedez-voce-difetto-che-mi-ha-fatto-soffrire/|title=Video {{!}} Mario Giordano risponde a Fedez: 'La voce è un difetto che mi ha fatto soffrire'|work=Agenzia Dire|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}{{cite web|last=Insolia|first=Isabella|date=7 March 2023|url=https://internet.tuttogratis.it/2023/03/07/mario-giordano-cosa-successo-voce/|title=Mario Giordano, cosa è successo alla sua voce?|website=Internet.tuttogratis.it|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}{{cite web|last=Fiorentino|first=Francesca|date=18 April 2023|url=https://cinemaserietv.it/personaggi/perche-mario-giordano-ha-la-voce-cosi-la-sindrome-che-la-altera/|title=Perché Mario Giordano ha la voce così? La sindrome che la altera|website=CinemaSerieTV.it|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}

From 2000 to 2007, Giordano was editor in chief of Studio Aperto news program on television channel Italia 1. From 2007 to 2009, he was editor-in-chief of Il Giornale, replacing Maurizio Belpietro. He then returned to Mediaset as director of Mediaset News (2009–10). In 2011, he moved to management of Mediaset All-News TGcom24. In 2013, he directed the Videonews section. In 2014, he was appointed as director of TG4, and in 2018 he was appointed head of Strategies and Development of Mediaset information. As a journalist, after writing for Libero, he writes for Belpietro's La Verità. Since 2018, he has led the program Fuori dal coro on Rete 4.

Giordano was subject to various disciplinary sanctions by the professional order association Ordine dei Giornalisti (Order of Journalists). In December 2008, Giordano, as director of Il Giornale, was found to have "violated the regulation on the obligation of rectification, even without rectifying, even in the absence of a specific request, the information that after their dissemination has proved to be inaccurate or incorrect, especially when the error could damage individual persons, associations or communities."{{cite web|url=http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-censura-mancata-rettifica-seguito-notizie-pu|url-status=dead|title=Mario Giordano (professionista): censura per mancata rettifica in seguito a notizie pubblicate inesatte|website=Ordine dei Giornalisti|language=it|date=9 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801174849/http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-censura-mancata-rettifica-seguito-notizie-pu|archive-date=1 August 2019|access-date=21 June 2023}} In October 2009, Giordano, as director of Il Giornale, was found to have "omitted the control, and therefore allowed the publication, of the counterfeit photographs appeared on Il Giornale with the obvious addition of elements not originally present in the original work of the photographer."{{cite web|url=http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-avvertimento-violazione-carta-dei-doveri-del|url-status=dead|title=Mario Giordano (professionista): avvertimento per violazione Carta dei Doveri del giornalista|website=Ordine dei Giornalisti|language=it|date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801174850/http://www.odg.mi.it/procedimenti-disciplinari/mario-giordano-professionista-avvertimento-violazione-carta-dei-doveri-del|archive-date=1 August 2019|access-date=21 June 2023}} In March 2015, Giordano was sued by the entrepreneur Massimo Ferrero for mentioning the latter in the book titled Pescecani with regard to the bankruptcy fraud of Livingston Energy Flight company.{{cite web|last=Zappatore|first=Germana|date=23 October 2019|url=https://www.cronacasocial.com/mario-giordano-eta-vita-privata-carriera-programmi-tv-querele/|title=Mario Giordano: età, vita privata, carriera, programmi tv, querele|website=Cronacasocial.com|language=it|publisher=Likelab|access-date=21 June 2023}}

In May 2016, Giordano and his colleague Maurizio Belpietro spread racial hatred against the Romani people with "xenophobe and racist intent". This was due to an article in which they accused some Romani of robbery, attributing bad characterization to the whole ethnic group. It turned out that those responsible were not Romani.{{cite magazine|last=Pasta|first=Stefano|date=20 May 2016|url=https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/l-ordine-dei-giornalisti-condanna-belpietro-e-giordano-intento-xenofobo-e-razzista.aspx|title=L'Ordine dei Giornalisti condanna Belpietro e Giordano: intento xenofobo e razzista|magazine=Famiglia Cristiana|language=it|publisher=Periodici San Paolo|access-date=21 June 2023}} In 2020, Giordano and his colleague Vittorio Feltri spread racial hatred against southerner Italians, with "xenophobe and racist intent". In this occasion, Giordano was subject to a further disciplinary sanctions by the Order of Journalists.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rebelmag.it/quando-mario-giordano-e-stato-sanzionato-e-censurato-dallordine-dei-giornalisti/|title=Quando Mario Giordano è stato sanzionato e censurato dall'Ordine dei Giornalisti|magazine=Rebel Mag|language=it|date=23 March 2021|access-date=21 June 2023}}{{cite web|last=Fabbri|first=Niccolò|date=3 November 2020|url=https://www.tvblog.it/post/mario-giordano-censurato-ordine-dei-giornalisti|title=Mario Giordano censurato dall'Ordine dei giornalisti della Lombardia|website=Tv Blog|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}} That same year, Giordano was sued by the Naples City Council for racism and racial hate speech.{{cite news|url=https://napoli.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/20_aprile_30/napoli-de-magistris-querela-vittorio-feltri-mario-giordano-4008d942-8aed-11ea-99b8-5b03ebafbffc.shtml|title=Napoli, De Magistris querela Vittorio Feltri e Mario Giordano|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|publisher=RCS Mediagroup|date=30 April 2020|access-date=21 June 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.napolivillage.com/politica/de-magistris-il-comune-di-napoli-querela-feltri-e-giordano/|title=De Magistris: 'Il Comune di Napoli querela Feltri e Giordano!'|work=Napoli Village|language=it|date=1 May 2020|access-date=21 June 2023}}{{cite magazine|last=Vigneri|first=Marta|date=2 May 2020|url=https://www.tpi.it/cronaca/feltri-giordano-querela-istigazione-odio-razziale-napoli-20200502595838/|title=Il comune di Napoli querela Feltri e Giordano per istigazione all'odio razziale|magazine=The Post Internazionale|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}

Giordano married his wife, Paola, in 1991. They have four children: Alice (born 1993), Lorenzo (born 1995), Camilla (born 2003), and Sara (born 2005).{{cite web|last=Poidomani|first=Manuela|date=22 March 2023|url=https://www.tag24.it/544479-mario-giordano-eta-malattia-moglie-figli-e-biografia-del-giornalista/|title=Mario Giordano: età, malattia, moglie, figli e biografia del giornalista|website=TAG24|language=it|access-date=21 June 2023}}

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