Newsgroup: it.politica.pds
Titolo: The Guardian - Il caso Travaglio

Vediamo cosa scrive quel "comunista" britannico di "The Guardian",
nominato per la seconda volta in tre anni il miglior quotidiano al
mondo dalla Society for News Design di New York, sbaragliando la
concorrenza di centinaia di giornali in tutto il mondo.
Mentor
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Compromised by compromise
The opposition in Italy has joined the chorus attacking a critic of
the new Senate speaker. Has it learned nothing from past dealings with
Berlusconi?
John Hooper, May 13, 2008
It hasn't taken long for the effects of Silvio Berlusconi's victory to
be felt on the Italian media. On Sunday, the presenter of a current
affairs talk show stood before the cameras of the RAI, Italy's public
broadcaster, and asked the nation for forgiveness.
"[Giving] offence is not my style," Fabio Fazio told viewers. "So,
when that happens, I can only apologise."
It was a scene worthy of the cultural revolution.
Fazio was referring to an episode the night before, which occurred
while he was interviewing a fellow journalist, Marco Travaglio.
One of Berlusconi's first appointments on taking office was that of
Senate speaker. This is a key job in Italy because the occupant is
second in precedence only to the President of the Republic. If the
latter dies - and the present incumbent, Giorgio Napolitano, is 82
years old - then the speaker of the Senate becomes head of state.
Berlusconi's choice for this illustrious post is Renato Schifani, a
Sicilian lawyer. Travaglio wondered out loud why none of the
mainstream newspapers had remarked on the fact that Schifani had had
"friendships with Mafiosi".
There was, inevitably, uproar from the right. One of Berlusconi's
ministers spoke of the "shameful ambushing" of the new speaker. A
government backbencher said (revealingly) that the prime minister
should ban Travaglio from RAI. There were suggestions that the
journalist was part of a conspiracy.
But what none of Schifani's friends said was that the comment was
inaccurate. There are, in fact, two controversial areas in the new
Senate speaker's past, and they have been looked at in two recent
books, one of them co-authored by Travaglio.
The books claim that, in the 1980s, Schifani was a partner in a firm
in which his fellow partners included two men later convicted of Mafia
offences. One was a full-blown "godfather", of the town of Villabate.
In the 1990s, the future Senate speaker won a contract to advise the
local authority there at a time when it was in the grip of Cosa
Nostra. The town council was subsequently disbanded because it was so
thoroughly infiltrated by the mob.
Now, it needs to be stressed that Schifani has never been investigated
for any Mafia-related offence, much less tried. In both instances, the
link to Cosa Nostra of his business partners and the local authority
respectively came to light only after his own involvement with them.
There is no reason to suppose he was aware during his dealings with
them of their shady connections.
But it would nevertheless seem fair to question his judgment,
especially since he has just accepted such a high office. In many
countries, I imagine, the new speaker would have been invited to the
next edition of the programme to explain how he got mixed up with such
people. Instead, the RAI apologised for offending him.
Schifani, for his part, said Travaglio's accusation was based on
"inconsistent or manipulated facts, not even worthy of generating
suspicions", adding that "someone wants to undermine the dialogue
between the government and the opposition." This hints at another
aspect of this bizarre tale.
You might have thought that Berlusconi's centre-left opponents would
leap at an opportunity to embarrass the new prime minister and his
team. Not a bit of it. With the single exception of a former
anti-corruption prosecutor, Antonio Di Pietro, they have sided with
Schifani against Travaglio. The leader of the centre left in the
Senate said the journalist's words were "unacceptable" and deplored
the fact that Schifani had not been present to refute the charges.
But then the opposition, not for the first time in Italy's recent
history, is hoping to cut a deal with Berlusconi. It is hoping to get
him to agree to a series of reforms, including electoral reform, which
it believes are vital to the nation's future. So it doesn't want to do
anything that might upset or - to use Fabio Fazio's word - "offend"
Italy's new prime minister.
We have been here before. In the late 1990s, when the left was in
government, some of its leaders thought they could reach an agreement
with Berlusconi on constitutional change. But the negotiations became
so protracted and complicated, and Berlusconi's collaboration was
thought to be so important, that the left forgot to deliver on its
undertaking to pass a law regulating the conflicts of interest between
his roles as TV mogul and political leader. In the end, the
constitutional change was never made. And Berlusconi returned to power
with his media empire intact.
You might have imagined they had learnt something from that.
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 mondo dalla Society for News Design di New York,
non può interessarmi cosa dicono certe massonerie, certe voci al sevizio 
delle multinazionali...ecc.
Ma cosa mai disse the guardian, di saggio, contro andreorro, mastella, 
rutelli, prodi, veltroni, amato....?
Nulla disse. Era accondiscendente e omertoso verso loro... quindi ignoralo 
pure tu

ignoralo pure tu
La prossima volta, prima di parlare di ciò che non sai, prova a fare una
semplice ricerca con Google. Non limitarti (è una grande limitazione) alla
Padania. Prova a ignorala.
Ciao, Mentor
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 Ah, ma allora ti interessa quello che dice The Guardian. Però parli a
già, quel giornale ha parlato male del bandito mastella... allora è un 
giornale serio!
La Padania, invece, le "comiche" di mastella le avrà sempre "ignorate" 
poichè dici che non è un giornale serio... Difficile capirti. Foirse non hai 
mai letto laPadania.
Fato sta che dei 40 ladroni che ti ho citato hai riferito solamente su quel 
malandrino di mastella... Troppo facile.
Deduco che su andreotto, ciampi, amato, prodi, rutelli, veltroni... non ci 
fosse gran chè... mentre su La Padania, che tu non leggi, su di essi  c'è 
sempre molto. Forse troppo.

non ci fosse gran chè...
Deduci malissimo. Se suo, sempre con Google, le chiavi di ricerca...
"The Guardian" Andtreotti mafia
..e anche qui mi limito a prendere il primo dei 9.270 risultati della
ricerca, guarda cosa trovo (l'articolo, dell8 gennaio 2003) è lungo e
parla non solo di Andreotti, ma lo puoi leggere tutto da solo, se ti
interessa):
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The mafia showed its intention to switch political horses in March 1992,
when it ordered the murder of Salvo Lima, a Sicilian Christian Democrat
closely linked to the former prime minister Giulio Andreotti, Mr Giuffre
said.
Andreotti is also on trial for alleged collusion with the mafia and has
been convicted of ordering the murder of a journalist. 
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mentre su La Padania, che tu non leggi, su di essi  c'è sempre molto.
Forse troppo.
Vedi, il problema della Padania (non il solo) è proprio quello che tu
imputi ai giornali che non leggi. Non è quello che c'è scritto. È quello
che NON c'è scritto.
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 che NON c'è scritto.
è vero il concetto che "conta quello che non c'è scritto", ma è più vero 
ancora dire: "conta il  modo in cui viene scritto"
Le cose che la Padania scrive da anni ed anni sono quelle che hanno fatto 
vincere le elezioni alla Lega.
Se prodi e veltroni le avessero lette, le avessero imparate... avrebbero 
capito cosa il POPOLO  vuole: cioè sicurezza reale, federalismo, buona 
amministrazione...
 Ma loro hanno sempre finto di non capire queste cose..se avessero letto 
laPafania non avrebbero perso. Tutto qui.

 ha scritto nel 
messaggio news:j7iXj.78968$FR.3...@twister1.libero.it...
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claudina oltre che leggere la padania ...Lavati 

 claudina oltre che leggere la padania ...Lavati
 e tu svegliati...che il sol dell'avvenire è tramontato 

 e tu svegliati...che il sol dell'avvenire č tramontato
svegliato e lavato da sempre senza bisogno di sollecitazioni
tu firmi POMERO ma i tuoi post si distinguono...e come