Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is reportedly under investigation for trying to axe a critical TV show. Prosecutors have allegedly recorded him pressuring the country's media watchdog to block the show. Italy's prime minister is reportedly under investigation for corruption, misappropriation and abuse of office. Silvio Berlusconi is accused of trying to pressure the country's broadcasting commission Agcom into keeping talk shows off the air that are critical of him. The allegations against the prime minister are reportedly based on phone taps by prosecutors investigating political corruption. Transcripts of one alleged call show that Berlusconi told a member of the Agcom commission to "make a concerted effort to push Rai TV to say: 'Enough, we're shutting everything down.'"
Italy's prime minister is reportedly under investigation for corruption, misappropriation and abuse of office. Silvio Berlusconi is accused of trying to pressure the country's broadcasting commission Agcom into keeping talk shows off the air that are critical of him.
The allegations against the prime minister are reportedly based on phone taps by prosecutors investigating political corruption.
Transcripts of one alleged call show that Berlusconi told a member of the Agcom commission to "make a concerted effort to push Rai TV to say: 'Enough, we're shutting everything down.'"
