..but i was wrong

1st) since a politician should care about people's welfare, Our Beloved Leader is not a politician: he only cares about himself and his wallet.

2nd) his tvs don't target elderlies only: c'mon, everybody and his dog over here drools on good-sized boobs! That's the best brain-washer available

3rd) Don't bash just Our Beloved Leader! The whole of our political class could be replaced by an army of haymen and it wouldn't change much!
(therefore)
4th) It wasn't him who thought all that: he's too dumb! Want a proof? Whenever he's got to speak withouth a script, he cover himself and his country in shame (or something else that begins by sh-, but ends in -it).
I'm saying HIS country, because even though I'm technically a citizen, I reject my citizenship!

Remember what japanese used to say: you only sleep in the bed you made. This is the bed we've made for ourselves.... so we plenty deserve this.

Hopefully, someone will invade this country, one day or another!

if Nick can make it out of Rome alive - after posting such an article.
I did not know that there was internet available in Italy. :)

I also live in Italy, this article is a piece of TRASH !! Now I know that this site is a Communist junk !!

i'm italian and i live in italy. sadly,i have to confirm all that nick has written. err, no.. berlusconi's popular support isn't diminishing.

I didn't understand your sense of humor.

You should check your facts. Who was lying about so called weapons of mass destruction ? Who was cheating his wife with a 19 year old girl ?.

It 's funny you talk about brainwashing as Berlusconi is a specialist about brainwashing people with his junk tvs.

Internet is a real place of democracy (at least for the fortunate people on earth who can afford a computer) You can say your opinion and people can read it or not. People who work in the dark to censor it are the bad guys.

"result is always bad news."

oh tongue in cheek

I really don't understand how people can claim the media is a left wing conspiracy when it's owned by the big business right.

Just like everywhere else in the world!
That is the main reason why Barack Hussein Obama got elected... the Left-Wing machine turned him into a god wannabe that had to be loved and trusted. Go figure!
In Italy it's just the same. Unions and Left-Wing control tv networks, even Mediaset owned by Berlusconi is full of Left-Wing people, the majority of those working there are Left-Wing fanatics just like those on Sky and Rai italian channels.
It's not that hard to figure out by yourselves watching channels on satellites.

All this babbling against Berlusconi is really pathetic and based on nothing more than the greedy desire for power that the Left-Wing has in every country. Whoever doesn't agree with them and dares to try affecting their power force becomes a threat and the Left-Wing brainwashing machine starts telling that he/she is an evil dictator and other nonsense lies.
The same happened with all the lies against Bush both senior and son.

Regardless of left-right labels, everyone should be concerned when media and government merge: result is always bad news.

Well, considering Berlusconi owns the media and try to redefine law according to his personal interest and censor internet, I don't know if I could still call that a democracy. When one man detains so much power, that would look more like a dictature to me.
But you're right, people are sometimes so like sheeps.
The same here in France, Napoleon wants to censor internet too. Is there a global conspiracy ?

Joerg, the author of the article was referring to the masonic lodge P2 when he wrote "illegal" not to PDL or Forza Italia. Although it takes a lot of good will to effectively distinguish any italian party from any illegal organization...

This affirms Italians suffer from short men syndrome. Constantly barking like little doggys that accidentally get stepped on.

How dare the journalist to tell that the right-wing PDL would be an illegal party,uh? The PDL is a legal democratic party that won democratic elections in Italy just like Forza Italia did before it.
How comes that such a communistic journalist is allowed to insult Italian citizens voting for a Right-Wing party,uh?
The Left-Wing worldwide along with its puppets on tv and news seem really unable to accept basic democratic rules.
You should pay respect for citizens that with absolute freedom in a democratic country like Italy voted for Berlusconi and the PDL party.
Learn to respect those you don't agree with !