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Story summary
- Rai Sport journalists' union announced strikes and a byline withholding in protest of the network's opening-ceremony coverage.
- Paolo Petrecca, Rai Sport's sports director, blundered by identifying Milan's venue as Rome's Stadio Olimpico and confusing Matilda De Angelis with Mariah Carey.
- The commentary drew social-media mockery and opposition criticism linking him to the far-right government.
- The union says the action centers on respect for public service, not politics.
