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Probity

Two items connected by disregard for ethics. In Sweden, a TV4 journalist undermines the country’s reputation for probity for accepting bribes to portray favourably a criminal investigation under appeal. According to Le Monde:
Dans la première affaire, le plaignant affirme que le journaliste de TV4 aurait touché 43 500 euros pour diffuser un reportage afin d’aider […]

Posted 12 September 2007 † Chris § journalism § italy § berlusconi § sweden ‡ Comments (0)

State funding of Italian newspapers

Following a tip [thanks Costanza], I found a wonderful transcript of an episode of Report on the state funding of Italian newspapers. The state spends 667 million euros a year to subsidize newspapers; the intention behind the subsidies was originally to help struggling ‘newspapers of ideas’. Instead, with a 1987 law permitting two deputies to […]

Posted 24 February 2007 † Chris § press § newspapers § funding § italy ‡ Comments (1)