Posts Tagged ‘Silvio Berlusconi’

Italy: Berlusconi’s gag has “turned into a megaphone”

April 6th, 2010

Italy’s broadcast journalists use the internet to circumvent Italy’s television blackout  says Manuela Mesco
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Berlusconi silences TV critics

February 12th, 2010

Prime minister Silvio Belusconi’s party has pushed through rules which will drastically circumscribe political content during the run-up to Italy’s regional elections. State broadcasters must now either accommodate over 30 political parties on their talk shows or be transferred away from their prime-time slots. Belusconi has previously attacked state television, claiming the programme Annozero was a ‘criminal use of public television’ when it interviewed the call-girl Belusconi had allegedly slept with. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) criticised Italy’s new rules as the latest ‘nail in the coffin of media freedom‘.

Berlusconi targets the blogosphere

January 6th, 2010


Silvio Berlusconi’s government is exploiting the violent attack against him in order to restrict internet freedom. Giulio D’Eramo reports
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Rai TV refuse to air critical documentary

August 27th, 2009

In Italy state-owned TV channels have refused to show the trailer of the latest documentary by Erik Gandini, Videocracy, which looks at the rise of Berlusconi’s TV stations and impact on the Italy’s customs and ethics. In a press statement state-owned Rai TV executives justified their decision by saying that the documentary is critical of the government. Read more here