Last night my Italian class at SUNYSB went to a lecture by Stefano Vaccara, on the state of the media/journalism in Italy, and the incredible extent of political parties' control of such. The media system has essentially remained the same since Mussolini, who, I learned, started out as a journalist. It's scary. The Italian Prime Minister, Burlesconi, has such control over the media... it's scary. But Vaccara made a point of saying that if Burlesconi suddenly decided to take off, spend the rest of his life on some Pacific island, the problem would not go away. The system of "editors of responsibility" that remains violates the Italian constitution, written in 1948.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3324569.stm
Posted by samantha at March 19, 2004 03:38 PM