Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Berlusconi storms out of election TV interview

ROME - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing parliamentary elections  
next month, stormed out of a television studio on Sunday when pressed in  
an interview about his relations with George W. Bush and conflicts of  
interest.
"This channel is a war machine set against the prime minister," Italy‘s  
media tycoon shouted, before gathering up his papers and marching out of  
the studio.
"Goodbye madam. If you won‘t let me answer the question, I‘m getting up  
and I‘m off."
Berlusconi‘s center-right coalition government is lagging behind the  
opposition center left by 3.5 percentage points in opinion polls.
Berlusconi, who controls Italy‘s largest private broadcaster, has banked  
on his media appearances helping to close the gap.
But he had not factored in Lucia Annunziata, a former head of state  
broadcaster RAI and longstanding foe, employing a confrontational  
interview style familiar in the United States and Britain but rarely seen  
in Italy.
Annunziata, an opposition supporter, challenged Berlusconi on the RAI 3  
program to explain why to people outside Italy he was known only for his  
support of U.S. President George W. Bush President George W. Bush in the  
Iraq war and for the conflict between his business and political interests.
Berlusconi, visibly irritated, refused to discuss his relationship with  
Bush further.
His support for the Iraq war is unpopular with most Italians and he has  
played it down during campaigning.
After failing to get a word in about his government‘s achievements, he  
accused Annunziata of being biased toward the left and said the left had  
occupied state television.
Berlusconi staged a broadcasting blitz at the start of the year, appearing  
on television and radio shows almost every day for five weeks to spread  
his feel-good message.
Strict campaigning laws have since swung into place, forcing the media to  
give equal space to Italy‘s many political parties, squeezing Berlusconi‘s  
air time.
Cracks have started to show in his usually buoyant television style,  
before he faces opposition leader Romano Prodi on Tuesday in a U.S.-style  
television showdown on RAI.
"You are not used to taking journalists‘ questions, this is my show, I‘ll  
decide what questions I ask," snapped Annunziata, who quit her RAI job two  
years ago claiming it had become just a "mail box" for requests from the  
government.
"And they say I‘m the one who controls RAI!" he could be heard shouting  
through his still hooked-up microphone after he had left the set.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200594.html
-- 
Ralph Barker
L.A.P. Legionario Azzurro Pagante
L.I.P.C.S. Lega Italiana Protezione Carciofo Silvio
"Io al Pil non ci ho mai creduto, non l'ho mai incontrato per strada"
silvio berlusconi 10.09.2005

 
Che falsità!
"...shouted" significa "...ha gridato".
Invece non ha MAI alzato la voce.
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 Invece non ha MAI alzato la voce.
Il washington post è comunista? LOL

 Il washington post è comunista 
Allora come spieghi la falsità del reso-conto?
Guarda che nonè falso solo il termine "shout".
Tutto il tono dell'articolo è non corrispondente ai fatti.
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