The Italian communications watch-dog Agcom has told Rai and commercial broadcasters to give more coverage of the campaign to call a referendum on the current electoral law. The instruction is binding, though any penalty could easily be evaded; but what possible (non-normative) justification can Agcom give for this? Let’s say Agcom finds out that 5% [...]
Quomedia reports that politicians in the parliamentary committee that supervises Rai are asking for equal-time limits on political appearances even outside of election periods. I’m not sure why politicians need to have these limits. The most obvious interpretation is that they’ re worried that Rai will be captured by an interfering government. But, as I’ [...]
For any country, what’s the average wage for a journalist? what’s the average wage for a journalist working in the public service broadcaster? is there a trade magazine in journalism or communications? is there some magazine or annual agenda which shows the editors of the various television news desks? (Like Benn’s Media in the UK, [...]