More or less everybody is acquainted with the situation in Italy, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi not only owns the three major private TV stations, but, as the head of government, also “manages” indirectly at least two of the three state-owned TV channels. Media manipulation has become the order of the day in Italy, but, unfortunately, the EU, behaving on the premise that it will not interfere in internal matters, refuses to say a word about any of this.
此时浮现在脑际的是两个我拥有公民身份的国家（意大利和马耳他），这两国的媒体状况简直就是一场灾难。在意大利每个人都或多或少地知道：总理贝卢斯科尼不但拥有 3 家私营电视台，同时还作为政府首脑间接“管理”着其他三家国营电视台的其中两家。媒体操纵在意大利简直就是家常便饭，但不幸的是，打着不干涉成员国内政旗号的欧盟，哪怕是说一句话都不愿意。