The level playing field, the “equal importance”, has struck again: on Rai1 there will be no confrontation between Giorgia Meloni and Elly Schlein, also because bipolarism exists neither in Italy nor in Europe. There are also others, in the proportional system. The level playing field does not enjoy a good reputation: for some it is an illiberal law, for others it is seen as a legalized nonsense, an offense against the responsibility of individual journalists, for still others it is an analogue rule incapable of dealing with digital reality.
The law was introduced in 2000 by the government led by D’Alema to limit the media power of Berlusconi, who at the time owned TV networks and newspapers.
Is the level playing field just a punitive vision of information or is it also a counterweight, an effect that depends on other crooked wood? Guy: Rai treated like war bootythe Supervisory Commission, the choice of members of the Authorities, the old “conflict of interest”.
It is true, the rigid application of the discipline overestimates the weight of TV and does not take into account the changed media scenario and could turn into a gift to boredom and abstentionism. But what is the point of using direct conflict and Europe for a debate that would have inevitably turned into a personal political ring?
Let’s not forget that what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
May 19, 2024, 06:55 – edit May 19, 2024 | 08:05
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