Berlusconi ‘vendetta’ takes Italy’s Paxman off air again
Outspoken anchorman Michele Santoro says the prime minister’s influence lies behind his two-week ban by the RAI state TV network Michele Santoro, centre, arrives at court in March for a hearing in connection with a probe into alleged pressure on RAI to cancel talk shows unfavourable to Berlusconi. Photograph: Donato Fasano/AP His fans see him as Italy’s Jeremy Paxman, an aggressive but penetrating TV anchorman. Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who owns most of the country’s private channels and wields indirect control over the state network, RAI, sees him as a dangerous leftie. Meet Michele Santoro, the temporarily banned hero of Italian current affairs broadcasting….
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Berlusconi ‘vendetta’ takes Italy’s Paxman off air again
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