Emperor of the Air - Berlusconi owns Italian politics, but he wants more.(Silvio Berlusconi, businessman and politician)
Nation, The, November, 1999 by Stille, Alexander
If you combined the political roles of Republican front-runner George W. Bush and Senate majority leader Trent Lott, the media power of Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch, the money of Ross Perot and Steve Forbes, and the real estate and personal arrogance of Donald Trump, you would begin to get an idea of how long a shadow Silvio Berlusconi casts over Italian public life.
It may seem incredible that the chief owner of the three largest private TV networks-and a huge print-media empire-could found his own political party, become prime minister, survive numerous criminal trials and convictions, and bounce back stronger than ever, but that is what has happened in Italy. In what is perhaps the most dramatic example of the confluence between media and politics anywhere...
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