Italy’s government is trying to influence the state-owned broadcaster
Giorgia Meloni’s supporters accuse RAI of left-wing bias
Antonio Scurati is one of Italy’s leading authors. His historical novel “M: Son of the Century” won the Strega prize, Italy’s most prestigious literary award, and has been widely translated. It was the first in a series that chronicles the rise and fall of Italy’s fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini. So Mr Scurati was an obvious choice to give a talk on RAI, Italy’s public broadcasting network, ahead of April 25th, the public holiday that marks the country’s liberation from fascism in 1945.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Meloni and the media”
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