Good point ... and which is why the BBC exists, and why Italian politics (all big media owned by Berlusconi) is generally worse than other Western democracies i

Good point ... and which is why the BBC exists, and why Italian politics (all big media owned by Berlusconi) is generally worse than other Western democracies in transparency. Germany, France, Scandinavian countries all have state broadcasters which at least attempt some kind of balance, even if with a hegemonic (incumbent) slant. And the private sector still has a health left wing media, which is more cultural.