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Since [[14 September]] [[2006]], Marco Travaglio has been a regular guest in the TV program ''Anno Zero'', hosted by [[Michele Santoro]] (also mentioned by Berlusconi in the [[Silvio_Berlusconi#Influence_on_the_media|''Bulgarian Diktat'']]). |
Since [[14 September]] [[2006]], Marco Travaglio has been a regular guest in the TV program ''Anno Zero'', hosted by [[Michele Santoro]] (also mentioned by Berlusconi in the [[Silvio_Berlusconi#Influence_on_the_media|''Bulgarian Diktat'']]). |
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Nowadays, Travaglio is a contributor to prominent national newspapers and magazines, such as ''[[La Repubblica]]'', ''[[L'Unità]]'' (with his old [[Columnist|column]] "Bananas" and new [[Columnist|column]] "Uliwood Party") and ''[[Micromega]]''. |
Nowadays, Travaglio is a contributor to prominent national newspapers and magazines, such as ''[[La Repubblica]]'', ''[[L'Unità]]'' (with his old [[Columnist|column]] "Bananas" and new [[Columnist|column]] "Uliwood Party") and ''[[Micromega]]''. He is one of the few True Journalists in Italy. |
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Political and judicial events of national importance, ranging from [[Mani pulite]] to the troubles of controversial political figure [[Silvio Berlusconi]], have been Travaglio's main area of interest. |
Political and judicial events of national importance, ranging from [[Mani pulite]] to the troubles of controversial political figure [[Silvio Berlusconi]], have been Travaglio's main area of interest. |
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Revision as of 09:47, 21 October 2008
Marco Travaglio (born 13 October 1964) is an Italian investigative journalist, writer and commenter.
Biography
Travaglio was born in Turin. He started his career writing for Catholic publications such as Il nostro tempo ("Our time"), then worked for the renowned journalist Indro Montanelli for newspapers such as Il Giornale and La Voce.
Since 14 September 2006, Marco Travaglio has been a regular guest in the TV program Anno Zero, hosted by Michele Santoro (also mentioned by Berlusconi in the Bulgarian Diktat).
Nowadays, Travaglio is a contributor to prominent national newspapers and magazines, such as La Repubblica, L'Unità (with his old column "Bananas" and new column "Uliwood Party") and Micromega. He is one of the few True Journalists in Italy.
Political and judicial events of national importance, ranging from Mani pulite to the troubles of controversial political figure Silvio Berlusconi, have been Travaglio's main area of interest.
The journalist became well known in 2001, after participating in a TV show on state-owned national channel Raidue called Satyricon and hosted by Daniele Luttazzi. There, He presented his brand-new book, L'odore dei soldi (The Smell of Money, co-authored by Elio Veltri), which investigates the origin of Mr Berlusconi's early fortunes.
The show, aired during the campaign for the Italian general election, was heavily criticized by Berlusconi and his party and labeled by them as a politically-motivated, non-objective personal attack. After Mr Berlusconi's electoral victory, both Travaglio and Luttazzi (together with other prominent journalists that had criticized Mr Berlusconi's or investigated his history) have never appeared again on state-owned TV shows until September 2006 (when Berlusconi lost the elections and left power), causing a long debate about freedom of information and censorship in Italy.
Books by Marco Travaglio include Bravi ragazzi (Italian for Good fellas), published in 2003 and reporting on politicians Cesare Previti and Silvio Berlusconi's alleged corruption of judges; Lo chiamavano Impunità (They Called Him Impunity, a humorous reference to the spaghetti western Lo chiamavano Trinità), published in 2003, ISBN 88-359-5437-1, about the SME-Ariosto inquiry and court trial. Then, in 2007 wrote Mani Sporche (Italian for Dirty Hands) that sounds like a response to the inquiry "Mani pulite".
On May 10, 2008, Marco Travaglio commented on Renato Schifani's election as president of the Senate that one should "simply ask of the second highest office of the state to explain those relationships with those men who have subsequently been condemned for association with the Mafia" on the RAI current affairs talk show television program Che tempo che fa.[1][2][3]
The statement of Travaglio resulted in fierce and almost universally negative reactions including from the centre left, except for Antonio Di Pietro who said that Travaglio was ‘merely doing his job’. Some called for chief executives at RAI to be dismissed.
The popular political commentator Beppe Grillo supported Travaglio, while Schifani announced he would go to Court and blame Travaglio for slander.[4] Schifani said Travaglio's accusation was based on "inconsistent or manipulated facts, not even worthy of generating suspicions", adding that "someone wants to undermine the dialogue between the government and the opposition."[3]
References
- ^ Template:It icon «Schifani diffamato da Travaglio», Coriere della Sera, May 11, 2008
- ^ Template:It icon Fazio chiede scusa in Tv a Schifani, La Repubblica, May 11, 2008
- ^ a b Compromised by compromise, blog by John Hooper (The Guardian), May 13, 2008
- ^ Template:It icon Caso Travaglio, Schifani querela, Corriere della Sera, May 12, 2008
External links
- Voglio scendere Blog by Travaglio and fellow journalists and authors Pino Corrias and Peter Gomez Template:It icon
- Fan site featuring a column and some other contributions by Travaglio not published elsewhere Template:It icon
- Interview with Marco Travaglio
- Repubblica daily newspaper: the controversial interview with Travaglio by Luttazzi Template:It icon
- Signornò [1] L'Espresso-OpinioniTemplate:It icon
- [V-day 8th September 2007 Bologna Video http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=R6c_nnUaj2Q]Template:It icon
- [V2-day 25th April 2008 Turin Video http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=tr58Dyz6XaY]Template:It icon
- [No cav day 8th July 2008 Roma http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=iAovT_Ogs0w]Template:It icon