Ranucci is writing a book about Lavitola (which is set to be a real bombshell) and is now set to host a new series of "Report" on Rainews.

Lavitola had sought to propel Ranucci into politics, and Ranucci is now launching Lavitola in bookshops. All signs point to a smash hit. Sigfrido is writing a book setting out his version of the truth about Cefalù and Valterino, the friend whose most striking character trait was the spontaneity typical of an Aries – a spontaneity which, however, as we know, sometimes dragged him into scandalous, unthinkable, not to say… explosive situations. We therefore advise our most devoted readers to exercise just one small precaution: do not forget the book on the car seat. And since explosive situations evidently hold an irresistible attraction for him, on Monday Ranucci chose yet another one. He announced it at twenty to midnight on Monday, at a time fit for the Carbonari.

After removing him from Report, Rai assigned him three “exiles”: Il Cairo, Tg3 and Rainews. He chose Rainews, which is not an exile but, in fact, a powder keg. He will carry out his investigations there. A mini-version of *Report*, called "Spotlight". Investigations challenging the establishment. *Rainews* is the stronghold of *Usigrai*, the left-wing journalists’ union, the editorial office from which Vittorio Di Trapani hails – a man who was *Usigrai*’s secretary for many years and who now chairs the Press Federation, wearing the balaclava of guerrillas armed with industrial disputes. It is a small yet lively outpost which, for years—and this is said with affection—has been producing Tupamaros, individuals quick to issue press releases, for whom a motion of no confidence is a literary genre and the editor a protected species only as long as he remains silent. At Report, it must be acknowledged, a shred of dialectic still held out; at Rainews, however, with “Spotlight”, Sigfrido will instead find a disciplined column – more passionate, albeit smaller in number – that was merely awaiting its commander. And here, Rai – perhaps seeking to punish him – has turned the script of Apocalypse Now on its head. In Coppola’s film, a commando unit travels upriver to eliminate Colonel Kurtz, who, deep in the heart of the jungle, has made himself the object of worship by a tribe of loyal followers. At Viale Mazzini, they did the opposite. The tribe was already there; the colonel was missing, and they sent him there with a service order and a mandate to conduct in-depth investigations. He will be producing an investigation a week. In the Saxa Rubra compound, they now await him with their faces painted, and there Sigfrido will finally be able to finish his book on Valterino in peace, surrounded by people who, when it comes to the spontaneity of an Aries, are every bit as good as his friend.