Orsini, the teacher who loves to be hated. The fleeting moment of celebrity – breaking latest news

I confess: I have an insane passion for Alessandro Orsini, the flogger of NATO, the privileged channel of the mothers of Mariupol. I admit that I don’t miss every one of his television appearances, I scrutinize his every grimace, every gesture of his hands, so much so that during the programs I would like a camera fixed on him, even when the others are debating. Orsini is one of those diamonds that television writers, when they find them, hold tight to. Because you know how it works in the newsrooms of the talk, sooner or later one throws there: “We would need someone to pierce the screen”, more strictly: “We would need a big face”. The big face is the guest who convinces the viewer not to change the channel during advertising, the one who in a minute knows how to get straight to the point with simple concepts and does not disdain to throw himself into those thirty seconds of tele-fight that invariably they will do the next day the round of social media. Well, if you find someone like that on TV, you’ve done bingo. And in this Alessandro Orsini is perfect. He is prepared, competent, speaks well. Above all, he understood that alongside the qualities of a scholar one must throw in a small screen roughness. So the geopolitical analysis of Western responsibilities is fine, but it is perfect if it is topped with a “NATO secretary is a fool”. The analysis of the genesis of the conflict in Donbass is excellent, with digressions ranging from Abkhazia to Georgia, but it should be scorned with “Italy should break with the European Union”, because it is clear that the next morning, in discussions from bar, maybe not everyone knows what the GDP of Georgia is but that Stoltenberg is crazy or that the EU is wrong because “Orsini told us” remains impressed. The sociologist, mind you, knows the facts of him. He will have studied Horace, his Carpe diem, and captures the moment of fame. There is not …