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> members of an elite Italian police squad raided the Naples office of small news website. The previous day it had revealed links between elected politicians an
by 1_player 5y ago
> members of an elite Italian police squad raided the Naples office of small news website. The previous day it had revealed links between elected politicians and organised groups in an illegal waste dumping racket.
This is so Italy it hurts. A group of journalists investigates a possible collusion between the mafia and politicians, and the police raids the journalists' office instead.
- utor 5y ago>This is so Italy it hurts That's not really Italy. Peak Italy would be police raiding journalists with actually good reasons because published evidence was obtained illegally. Indeed, wiretapped evidence routinely get published in breach of the law.
- aspenmayer 5y agoAs long as journalists don’t incite or induce others to break the law or do so themselves, why does it matter how they gather the relevant information to support reporting on factual events? I’m not sure I follow your reasoning.
- WYepQ4dNnG 5y ago> This is so Italy it hurts You clearly have no idea on what you are talking about.