The secret of Filippo Facci's success

Reading Filippo Facci's articles it is clear who is his master and who are the ducks that he is trained to hunt and bite. Facci writes on the newspaper "Il Giornale" owned by Paolo Berlusconi and works for Mediaset, the network controlled by Berlusconi's family (two sons of Berlusconi are in the board of directors), and in his articles the problems of Italy are not mafia or corruption, but comedians like Beppe Grillo, writers like Marco Travaglio and politicians like Antonio di Pietro, who dare to criticize "Papi".

That is why he appeared (or was instructed to appear) on the online edition of the british newspaper "the Guardian" with an article titled "The secret of Berlusconi's success": the public opinion in Italy is switching to foreign press just like our grandfathers used to listen radio London during the Mussolini regime, and it is normal that Berlusconi's spin doctors are sent in "mission" abroad to bring some fog of propaganda to other countries, audiences and media.

I am not so close as Facci to the prime minister, and so I can't tell exactly what is the secret of Berlusconi's success like he did. But as a freelance writer I am close enough to italian journalism to tell what is the secret of success for people like Facci and other wealthy VIPs of our crazy spaghetti media landscape: choose well your targets, and if you throw enough mud to the oppositors of the king, you will receive your reward.

Many people laughs at Italy for his ridicolous media coverage, due to the conflict of interest of a prime minister who owns or controls all the major news channels in the country. But this people could stop laughing very soon if the italian virus of propaganda will spread also to other countries, allowing a serious and balanced media like the guardian to host comments about the italian prime minister wrote by a man whose journalistic freedom was paid by Berlusconi's brother.