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Muzzling the messengers: Italy and the free press (Part 1 of 3)

Date: October 1, 2009

Author: *Unknown

QUOTE: Not since Mussolini’s time has an Italian government’s interference with the media been more blatant or alarming.

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Key People:

• Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Key Organizations:

• Economist Newspaper Limited
• Freedom House (FH)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission
    • Choices/Tolerance/Flexibility
  • Motivation/Rewards/Punishments
    • Threats / Intimidation / Extortion / Deterrence

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • Executive Branch (President/Prime Minister/King)
      • Dictatorship
    • Protests/Dissent
      • Civil Disobedience

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Rights / Equal Protection
    • Free Speech: Other Issues/General
      • Free Speech: Political / Political Correctness

• Media & Journalism
  • Press Freedom / Media-Government Relations

• Europe
  • Western / Southern Europe
    • Italy

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