Carmelo Abbate

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Carmelo Abbate
Born(1971-08-05)5 August 1971
Castelbuono, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Journalist and reporter

Carmelo Abbate (born 5 August 1971 in Castelbuono, Italy) is an Italian journalist and reporter.

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Biography

Professional journalist since February 2, 2004. He works for the weekly Panorama where he started as a collaborator and today he holds the position of head of the news section, in the past he held the same job for the cultural section of the weekly. [1] [2] As a reporter he has conducted numerous investigations in the field, [3] in particular regarding social and economic problems: from undeclared work to illegal hiring, from medical malpractice to illegal immigration. [4]

He works for the Italian weekly magazine Panorama, where he began as a collaborator and today he serves as Senior Editor, in the past he has held the same job for the cultural section of the magazine. As an undercover reporter he conducted several major investigations, in particular with regard to social and economic topics, illegal immigration and catholic church scandals such as homosexuality in the Catholic Church, [5] [6] or Catholic priests involved in pedophilia. [7] His book Sex and the Vatican: a secret journey in the reign of the chaste was ignored by most of the mainstream Italian media, but instead became a bestseller in France.

During the 2012/2013 television season he participated as a commentator and commentator in various Rai, Mediaset, Sky and La7 programmes, making his contribution on domestic news, crime news, current affairs and politics. He was a frequent guest on Quarto Grado hosted by Salvo Sottile and La vita in diretta hosted by Mara Venier. In the 2013/2014 television season he was a commentator for the Mediaset networks and a regular guest on Quarto Grado hosted by Gianluigi Nuzzi on Rete 4 and on Segreti e delitti broadcast on Canale 5 in the months of June and July.

In 2011 he published the book Golgota, a secret journey between church and pedophilia. Piemme, 2011: investigative book on the Catholic Church delving into the scandals linked to pedophilia. [8]

His collaboration with the Mediaset networks also continues for the following television seasons. In addition to Quarto Grado he participates as a regular commentator on Mattino Cinque, Pomeriggio Cinque and Domenica Cinque and since 2019 also with Live-Non è la D'Urso.

In May 2016 he made his debut as a television host with the program "Il Labirinto - Stories of ordinary injustice", broadcast on Thursdays in the late evening on Rete 4.

On Tuesday 23 May 2017 Carmelo Abbate, during the program Mattino Cinque on which he was a guest, gave news of a "celebration" of the Manchester attack of 22 May 2017 in a bar in Pioltello; two days later, in that location, a bar run by North Africans was set on fire. The news given by Abbate was also declared false by the Carabinieri. [9]

Nel 2018 lancia "Storie Nere", an exceptionally highly attractive editorial format on its social channels, in which it reacts briefly with specific narrative stresses, story of cronaca near riguardante sia la gente comune that famous characters.

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References

  1. ↑ "IO, SCHIAVO IN ITALIA – I VIDEO DELL'INCHIESTA | Carmelo Abbate". 2013-07-14. Archived from the original on 2013-07-14. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ↑ "084_PA38_2003 | Carmelo Abbate". 2016-05-02. Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ↑ "Io, falso medico: l'inchiesta e il video shock sulla malasanità | Carmelo Abbate". 2012-11-20. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  4. ↑ "SOGNARE COSTA 700 EURO | Carmelo Abbate". 2016-03-06. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  5. ↑ An article about illicit relationship of priests with men and women on the "Telegraph"
  6. ↑ A NBC report including a video interview with Carmelo Abbate
  7. ↑ A CNN report including an interview with Carmelo Abbate
  8. ↑ "Pedofilia nella Chiesa irlandese Il Papa: "Sia fatta giustizia" - esteri - Repubblica.it". www.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  9. ↑ ""Al bar esultano per l'attentato" La bufala scatena il raid razzista". La Stampa (in Italian). 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
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