[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: 'Cyclone Silvio' of Italy Is on the Air,
Everywhere
Ian
ialterman at nyc.rr.com
Sat Jan 28 15:03:17 PST 2006
E-Mail ThisThere is a frightening trend of leaders who also own all or most of the media in their localities/countries. Berlusconi is one - he owns about 75% of all the major media outlets (print, TV, etc.) in Italy. Similarly, Putin now owns or controls about 85% of all the major media in Russia. Here in the U.S., Bush & Co. may not own most major media, but they might as well, given how successfully they have "controlled" most of it by fear, lack of access, dissembling, spin, etc.
And, of course, these are all "First World" countries, with rules of law, legislatures/parliaments, freedom, etc.
Peace.
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INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | January 28, 2006
'Cyclone Silvio' of Italy Is on the Air, Everywhere
By IAN FISHER
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has thrown himself with his usual energy into an unusual media blitz: a round-the-clock hard sell to Italian voters.
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