'agcom' Category
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Nov062008
Why hasn’t the left done more about Berlusconi’s conflict of interest? Part 2
A second argument, also used by Ginsborg, is that they didn’t do more because they were afraid it would be unpopular. That is, many centre-left politicians reasoned something like this:
anyone who would support our taking action against Berlusconi is likely to vote for us anyway; but
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Oct172008
Italian TV coverage unbalanced
Communications watchdog Agcom says that information on television is unbalanced in favour of the government and the parties that compose it. Yawn.
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May142008
Agcom opens a case against Rai
The sectoral watchdog Agcom has opened a case against Rai for presumed violations of the broadcasting law (legge Gasparri) in the ongoing Travaglio case. The authority cites two grounds for their decision: the commitment to protection of fundamental rights (article 4), and the commitment to honouring the service contract (article 48).
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Mar062008
The par condicio bites
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 [...]
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Jul122007
How much information is complete information?
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 [...]
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Apr272006
Rai’s Director-General
Utterly predictable ruling from the Italian communications watchdog Agcom: Rai director-general and former Agcom employee Alfredo Meocci is found to have violated Agcom’s rules by leaving Agcom to work for Rai, which Agcom regulates. Professor Alessandro Pace submitted a brief to the Rai administrative council on just this issue, but the centre-right members of this [...]