“Italy’s public broadcaster has never achieved the independence of Britain’s bbc or America’s pbs. Until the 1990s, each of its three tv channels was earmarked for one of the main parties. Since then, every incoming government has tried to pack the corporation with its supporters. The consequences have always been more drastic if the government of the day leans to the right, as it does now: since the three biggest private channels form part of the Mediaset network, founded by the conservative Silvio Berlusconi, the right then attains a near-monopoly of what the nation sees on its small screens.”
Fonte: The Economist
Link: Italy’s government is trying to influence the state-owned broadcaster
