In his Euro blog Yesterday, Mark Mardell, the Europe correspondent for the BBC wrote a lot about Italian journalists and journalism. It's a very long article, but it's well worth reading. You can read it here.
Read through and while you are reading consider these points:
- Do you agree that Emilio Fede is impartial?
- Is this a good or a bad thing?
- Would it be ok if other parties had similar access to the media?
- Is it true that the Italian guild of journalists was started by Mussolini?
- Do you still have to use a typewriter when doing the exam to join the guild?
- Is Beppe Grillo a positive or negative influence on Italian journalism?
- Is Beppe Grillo a new concept for Italian politics or is he simply the same old thing?
- Why do you think Gherardo Colombo didn't want to talk about the election and Berlusconi?
Alternatively, if you are very busy or if Mark's article is too difficult, why don't you think about writing a post to the BBC "Have Your Say"site. They are discussing the interesting question: "What should Italy expect from Berlusconi?" It should be an interesting debate! I wrote a post talking about our lesson there :-)
Buon Lavoro!
2 comments:
Emilio Fede is not a impartial journalist, but how Mardell writes, he is editor in chief of a Tv of mister Berlusconi and of course he says what mr Berlusconi thinks.
I don't know if it's a good or bad thing, but it's so and can't be different.
Access to media is a dramatic question in Italy: all the parties say that "the other part" have more space in Tv and newspaper. Personally I think that this par conmdicio - law is a bad thing. I find illogical that media must give the same space to the most great parties than the little.
The origin on journalists'guild in the first years of the 19th century, before Mussolini.
Since this (ore last) year you can write your exam with a pc (after 45 years they changed this old law).
About Grillo, he isn't a journalist. He is a comician and a very good comincian. He speak about very important questions (politic, ethic, economy) with a simply (but lustig) language.
DANIELE
Hiya Daniele,
It's interesting, no, really interesting what you say about Emilio Fede, especially as you are in the same industry.
You know, I think to be honest that what people say about Fede is probably true, but I think the sad thing is that it's quite possibly true of all big parties in all the countries. Labout have the newspapers and certain tv presenters that like and dislike them in th U.K., The Republicans have the same in the U.S.A. I'm sure Sarko is the same in France too.
What I wonder is if it really is "Like That" as you say, or if there is something that can be done to change it. I guess the real question is: Would the world actually be any better if we changed this system? Somehow, I think probably not!
Sure politicians must be accountable, journalists must tell the whole truth and countries should be run correctly, but there are other, possibly more important problems to resolve first.
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