So, Silvio Berlusconi resigned as Prime Minister of Italy, finally. When I studied Italian at NYU, I was fascinated by him and how it was even possible that such a corrupt and ridiculous human being was elected by the Italians…three times!
In 2007, in between his second and third terms, I wrote my final paper for my last Italian course about his impact on journalism in Italy, as it nicely tied my two majors together. (To give you an idea of how he stifled Italy’s third estate, one source said, “It’s as if Rupert Murdoch were President of the U.S., but in addition to owning FOX, he also owned CBS and NBC.”) Reading the essay now makes me sad because I’ve forgotten so much Italian since then, which is going to be a major bummer when I visit Italy in February. I ain’t taking the time to translate it to English but if you speak Italian, or you want to pop it into Google Translate, you can check it out here.
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thesecretdiaryofareader reblogged this from woodlandcreature and added:
actually can’t believe...too. Unfortunately that’s how things sometimes work
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