Last week, the Prime Minister's broadcast group, Mediaset, and his holding company, Fininvest, announced it intended to sue the left-wing newspaper La Repubblica over an article that said Mediaset was "20 per cent owned by the Mafia".
La Repubblica wrote that according to court documentation 20 per cent of capital invested to create Mediaset is of unknown origin. They never said it was the mafia, although it is a logical understanding of the reader. Mr. Day might consider reporting the follow-up articles written by la Repubblica to confirm their assertion. They are available on line. It is nothing new.
There are plenty of "leftwing" papers to read without citing la Repubblica. In this case la Repubblica simply has a team of top-notch investigative reporters that coherently substantiate the editorial line which is certainly in opposition to Berlusconi but perfectly capable of acknowledging and debating with an honest and coherent Right- wherever that might be found in the present panorama.
