Claim: Gustavo Selva was an Italian journalist, started his career as a journalist for the Bologna newspaper L'Avvenire d'Italia which was founded in 1968 and was a politician.
Evidence: Born in Imola, Selva started his career as a journalist for the Bologna newspaper L'Avvenire d'Italia, for which he worked from 1946 to 1956. 1968; 52 years ago (1968) Selva started his political activity in 1984, as a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Democratic party.