Libero (newspaper)
Libero (Italian free man ) is an Italian daily newspaper. It describes itself as a conservative from the default setting, but independent and not critical. From the vast majority of outsiders it is classified as very quite conservative and " Berlusconi - friendly".
It was founded on 18 July 2000 by the journalist Vittorio Feltri, which had already been previously editor in chief of other conservative leaves ( first at L' Indipendente, then at Il Giornale ). Feltri been Director (chief editor ) the " Libero " itself editorially and also holds a majority stake (51%) in the company. The Berlin paper Der Tagesspiegel described him as "one of the most respected deputy editors of Italy". Your seat has the newspaper in Milan. The support was initially at 40,000, currently around 70,000.
The style of the " Libero " is seen as a populist and sensationsjournalistisch: " Vittorio Feltri [ ... ] represents one of the most striking examples of this sensation- oriented trend: He often provides sarcastic and polemical headlines to attack their political opponents verbally and demoralize it. "(Martin Hambückers ) The " political opponents " counts for the leaf particular Romano Prodi, Berlusconi's rival candidate. The Swiss daily paper pointed to the numerous campaigns of the " Libero " against Prodi in connection with a scandal over the spying of control data of Italian politicians: " notice that the " Libero "and edited by Berlusconi's brother Paolo " Il Giornale " in their campaigns against Prodi were with respect to which assets and income ratios in each case very well documented. "
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For Israeli Independence Day ( Yom haAtzma'ut ) in 2003 produced the " Libero " a special edition to show solidarity with the State of Israel. As a side dish, readers were given an Israeli flag. "We try to give our readers that the State of Israel really to Europe and the western world belongs to [ ... ] I can assure you that the ' Libero ' Israel will always stand to the side. " ( Renato Farina, former Deputy Director - Deputy Editor - the Libero )
End of December 2003 quoted the " Libero " Silvio Berlusconi from an interview with Renato Farina with the statement that a terrorist attack planned on Christmas Day with a hijacked plane on St. Peter's Basilica, but was prevented. This quote caused global vortex, Berlusconi denied it then, claiming the interview was never conducted. Editor in Chief Feltri turned then, however, behind Farina.
In the affair of the kidnapping of Abu Omar, a native of Egypt Imam of a mosque in Milan, by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Farina had to confess to have worked with the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Italian military ( SISMI ) and to have been paid for. In the " Libero " among others, was a fake dossier was published, therefore, Romano Prodi had (at this time rival candidate by Silvio Berlusconi in the election for Prime Minister ) approved as President of the EU Commission, the illegal CIA flights in Europe, with those at 17. February 2003, Abu Omar was abducted to Egypt. Farina is now being accused of this affair from the Milan prosecutors of preferential treatment.
The Council of the Union of Journalists ( Ordine dei Giornalisti ) Lombardy imposed on 28 October 2006 against Renato Farina for breach of professional ethics a twelve-month prohibition. After a letter to editor in chief Farinas Feltri had been printed in the " Libero ", the Council on 16 October 2006 opened a further disciplinary proceedings. Intervened against both the Italian EPP MEP Mario Mauro on 15 November 2006 at the European Commission.