So, this is hardly recent news, but the new Prime Minister of Italy (well, sort of- he was PM beforehand, as well) is Silvio Berlusconi. AKA the principal media baron of Italy. Brilliant.
No-one has anything wrong with the Prime Minister also controlling most of the media? It’s a bit like having Rupert Murdoch as our PM.
Which I’m sure he wouldn’t want- he’d actually have to hold himself to a small level of accountability (although, considering Howard’s actions…), rather than attempting to manipulate candidates through the media (ever notice how the rise of neo-conservativism in Australia came about after Murdoch started carving an empire out of the global media?).
Imagine if he became Opposition Leader but lost. I think Andrew Bolt would finally completely snap.
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