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Today’ s FT has a piece about “Italy, the land that feminism forgot“. It’s deservedly critical of the role of women on Italian television:
If you are home before the 8pm news on Rai Uno, Italy’s main television station, you will discover it is preceded by a quiz show called L’Eredita (“The Inheritance”). In the middle […]

Posted 14 July 2007 † Chris § striscia § veline § italy § rai ‡ Comments (0)

The deeper malaise that bedevils the Italian electoral system

Today’s FT publishes a letter written by David Hine, Alan Renwick and me, on the issue of the Italian electoral system, recently the object of much debate:
Sir, Alexander Stille’s analysis of Italy’s current troubles focuses on the electoral reform rushed in by Silvio Berlusconi ahead of last spring’s election (”Prodi and the problem of Italy’s […]

Posted 27 February 2007 † Chris § renwick § hine § italy § electoral reform ‡ Comments (0)

Worst. Minister. Ever

One can tell something about Italian journalism by the way in which Italian newspapers and television news bulletins treat editorials from the Financial Times and the Economist, two papers with deserved reputations for straight-talking. Yet when these editorials reach Italy, they quickly become sensationalized. And so, when the Financial Times published on its website a […]

Posted 01 November 2006 † Chris § survey § padoa schioppa ‡ Comments (0)

Revisit Gasparri or introduce conflict-of-interest legislation

FT.com / Lex - Lex: Silvio lining: FT notes three options for the Prodi government in dealing with mediaset: (a) revisit Gasparri, (b) introduce conflict-of-interest legislation, (c) beef up Rai. I wonder whether there’s a third option - using antitrust legislation to attack Mediaset? I’m guessing that Rai and Mediaset enjoy (at least) duopoly status […]

Posted 24 April 2006 † Chris § italy § rai § mediaset ‡ Comments (0)