The first signs that the par condicio – the law on equal distribution of screen time during electoral campaigns – is beginning to bite came today. The sectoral regulator Agcom invited Porta a Porta (RaiUno) and Matrix (Canale 5) to give the Radicals a chance to appear on screen; the ever-gracious Bruno Vespa immediately responded [...]
New polls from Demoskopea and Ipsos do little to change the overall picture today. The gap holds at between 8 and 9%. The slight increase in the gap has not been due to an increase in support for the PdL, but rather a decrease in support for the PD + IdV. Why support should have [...]