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Here is what John Hooper writes about the italian journalist Marco Travaglio and his shocking behaviour, reporting a fact.
Actually something shocking and strange in Italy.
Compromised by compromise
The opposition in Italy has joined the chorus attacking a critic of the new Senate speaker. Has it learned nothing from past dealings with Berlusconi?
It hasn’t taken long for the effects of Silvio Berlusconi’s victory to be felt on the Italian media. On Sunday, the presenter of a current affairs talk show stood before the cameras of the RAI, Italy’s public broadcaster, and asked the nation for forgiveness.
“[Giving] offence is not my style,” Fabio Fazio told viewers. “So, when that happens, I can only apologise.”
It was a scene worthy of the cultural revolution.
Fazio was referring to an episode the night before, which occurred while he was interviewing a fellow journalist, Marco Travaglio.
One of Berlusconi’s first appointments on taking office was that of Senate speaker. This is a key job in Italy because the occupant is second in precedence only to the President of the Republic. If the latter dies – and the present incumbent, Giorgio Napolitano, is 82 years old – then the speaker of the Senate becomes head of state.
I don’t know about you, but this Shadow Government thing perplexes me a lot. I do not know why but every time I think about it, it reminds me of Star Wars, yes the movie!
You know that music that comes out every time there is Dart Vader on the scene? Well it is the same that comes out every time I think about the Italian Shadow Government. Maybe the “Governo Ombra” should have a warning subtitle: “PD electors, may the Force be with you”.
List of innocent victims of Mafia:
1893
EMANUELE NOTARBARTOLO
1896
EMANUELA SANSONE
1905
LUCIANO NICOLETTI
1906
ANDREA ORLANDO
1909
JOE PETROSÌNO
1911
LORENZO PANEPINTO
1914
MARIANO BARBATO
GIORGIO PECORARO
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