Is the TV political talk show really over? What's the future for the presentation of political policy on TV? Once upon a time in Italy TV talk shows were the third chamber of the republic. TV studi...
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Francesca Barra
journalist and author
Francesca Barra is a reporter for Matrix, the flagship Channel 5 current affairs talk show of the Mediaset group. She previously presented the weekly programme La bellezza contro le mafie on RAI Radio 1. She has also presented television programmes on LA7 and Sky. She is co-author with Maria Falcone of Giovanni Falcone. Un eroe solo (2012) and author of Il quarto comandamento (2011), Tutta la vita in un giorno (2014) and Verrà il vento e ti parlerà di me (2015).
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4 may 2014
Impersonation, duping, entrapment, mighty falsehoods: all legitimate for journalists in getting the story?
In a recent controversial episode in Italian journalism, one of the hosts of the Zanzara current affairs radio talk show - impersonating a well-known Italian politician - phoned another Italian politi...
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