Shameless Journalist Emilio Fede Criticizes Saviano and Gomorrah

May 11, 2010 in Italy, Journalism, mafia, media
Tags: berlusconi, camorra, Emilio Fede, Gomorra, Gomorrah, Journalism, media, organized crime, Roberto Saviano, TG4

There’s this veteran journalist in Italy, Emilio Fede, who is known for his pro-Berlusconi bias. That’s fine with me, he’s got his political views and I respect that. I don’t like the fact that he has a highly visible and national TV news program to express his partisan views, but he’s on a private, Berlusconi-owned [...]

Berlusconi Criticizes Gomorrah, Says it is “Promotional Support” for Mafia

April 16, 2010 in Italy, mafia
Tags: camorra, campania, Gomorra, Gomorrah, Italy, Literature, mafia, naples, Roberto Saviano, Silvio Berlusconi

This article has been published on The Huffington Post on April 18, 2010. Every morning, just before opening the dozens of Italian news websites I look at each day, I prepare myself mentally to some other embarrassing statement by Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. But what I read this morning wasn’t embarrassing. It was shocking and [...]