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Posted by: Giuseppe Colucci for NL
In TV there are those who respect it and who does not. But this law has a real purpose? And, above all, because there are those who want to repeal it and who is fighting to keep her alive?
a level playing field is a derivative of the American principle of 'equal time ", which guarantees that, in the campaign period, or when candidate lists are submitted to the elections, and ensure perfect pluralism between political candidates in relation their presence in the media. In Italy, the Birth of the Republic, has always been some form of regulation of political presence that could affect the outcome of the vote of citizens. It was, in principle, laws which set some rules about billboards and posters. Updated over the years, witnessed a new era with the advent of Berlusconi in the "public res" in the country. With the Law 515/93, first, and with no 28/2000, then the political system has, to some extent, protected against the excessive power of the media Knight.
Basically, without going into legal details, a level playing field needed to balance the space on TV in prime candidates campaign period. In the last fifteen years things, despite the shortcomings and systematic fines to broadcasters, had appeared, for better or worse, simple: 50% of the time went to the center-right candidate, the other 50% of the center-left candidate. This year, with the division of political parties, there is a large group of candidates for Prime Minister: it seems an episode of "The King of Comedy" of the late Sabani, by renaming as Premier for a night. " The things, therefore, seem to have a little 'complicated, with "small" claiming space and shoot zero on tv their indignation when they have occasion, and the "large" who preach the "useful vote" and not the dispersion of votes to teams that have virtually no chance of winning.
A couple of days ago, as so often happens, especially when it is under a level playing field (there is a quarry with some fine and nothing more), Berlusconi phoned in directly to the TG4 Emilio Fede and made his good campaign there as well. Now, the duet between Faith and Berlusconi in Italy are a heritage like the scenes between Toto and Peppino , or between Benigni and Troisi. That is why, perhaps, most Italian intelligentsia does not even take more into consideration, free from the law of equal conditions. And there was talk of a level playing field, with Faith angrily to This "gag" (as he's called!) imposed by law and can not do as well as information like him. Berlusconi, for his part, responded by charging the responsibilities of this "gag" on the left, replying: "Do not just go to the government, the repeal. It is a law that does not exist in any western country, is the opposite of democracy. We had to repeal it, but then Casini's UDC objected thinking only of little interest to their party. " You can, of course, discuss and criticize a law perhaps imperfect in some respects, but the repeal would result in alarming condition for our democracy. But not for the value the law itself, but for the anomaly of the Italian situation.
Returning to the Faith, and his condition "gagged", we find that this alleged self-censorship required, in fact, just does not exist. Faith is simply a level playing field it does not, preaches the repeal of the law but does not observe it practically never. The proportion of admissions in his news between members of the PDL and the PD (for simplicity ignoring those of other political forces) is 4 to 1: for every word of Veltroni, Berlusconi says four. More balance in the other areas of information in clear: "Door to Door" and "Special Tg1" record of substantive equality, Vespa and a sign that Riotta have got the message launched by the Authority. Parity, the Alfa, also for "Costanzo Show" and "TG5" and, "La7" for TgLa7. Are inclined slightly to Veltroni "Unomattina" (14 admissions to 12) and "Omnibus" (32 to 28) while to Berlusconi, "Matrix" (4 to 2). Of note, among other things, that neither the candidate nor the Democratic Party of the PDL have never accepted to be present in transmission in the presence of an adversarial process. Obvious during the election campaign must convince people, if you say a lie and you are immediately denied the people are not convinced. Omitting this further anomaly, we note that among the so-called "small", it is the most Bertinotti this on TV, still weighed down by a host of contradictory. Behind him, in order, and Casini Santanchè the third and fourth place in full respect of what is expected to be the electoral hierarchy. At least according to polls (which, of course, each candidate has his own, that give higher rates than surveys of the opponent) the disclosure of which, inter alia, under the rules of equal conditions, is prohibited within fifteen days before the vote. Rule that in past elections has been systematically broken (who can forget the famous U.S. polls Berlusconi's bandied about until the last day).
exists in our country, in any case, a large group of detractors of the law on a level playing field, that they would welcome the repeal as if Berlusconi announced a few days ago. Some journalists and political scientists consider it a wrong law, not to mention representatives of the former Forza Italy, who have always opposed, except having to give up in past legislatures to abolish it because of the reticence of its allies (Fini in head) , but considered them the best, have refused to cancel a vote.
be noted, finally, just yesterday that the Communications Authority, has fined Mediaset "for non-compliance by the TG4, the calls for a greater balance among all the political parties competing in the information on the election campaign." The news of the Faith had already faced a recall last week and, at the scene with the candidate of the PDL, said: "We were ordered to pay € 100 000 fine and you will see that it will be even worse. I hope that there is also under arrest. However we will try to fix everything there is to be repaired. As a conductor, with fifty years as a journalist by profession, who has made many political campaigns, let me say that one thing has never happened like this. Think about the conditions under which some tv are forced to work. We are made a fine, for others a simple reference is directed. " The recall is talking about the driver of the TG4 is received by RAI and Mediaset to the same thing. Recall that, given the data listed first, it seems more than reasonable in relation to the fine imposed on its newscast. Of course, in any case until it can impose fines on those who pay them, the problem is never solved. (Giuseppe Colucci for NL)
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