Re:Al Jazeera English: The Most Hated Name in News
by davidw on Friday April 30, 2010 @04:49AM
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Many countries in Europe do, and some of them really stink, like RAI in Italy. Because if the government's paying for it, it's ultimately responsible to the government. Which in Italy's case means that not only does Berlusconi control his own TV stations, but those of the government. Oh, and I have to pay something like 100 Euro a year in taxes for the privilege:-/
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Re:Al Jazeera English: The Most Hated Name in News
by ivenkys on Friday April 30, 2010 @05:01AM
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Italy is a complete one-off , the exception that proves the rule i think. Someone like Berlusconi would probably never get elected anywhere else in Western Europe.
Re:Al Jazeera English: The Most Hated Name in News
by davidw on Friday April 30, 2010 @05:36AM
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Austria elected Haider and his bunch, a while back, who was in his own way worse. I don't think handing over the keys to the TV stations to whoever happens to be in office is necessarily the best way of doing things.