Editorial: El País

• The public broadcasting workers of Rai are on strike against the control Giorgia Meloni's Government is attempting to exert
• Meloni, ultra-right-wing leader, is trying to set the media agenda and control what they say about her administration
• Italy, since the proclamation of the Republic in 1946, has been characterized by great political diversity reflected in its institutions, including Rai
• The coalition government of Brothers of Italy, the League and Forza Italia has made ideological affiliation the main condition for positions of responsibility in Rai's management
• The Government is promoting an attempt to supervise news content to the point that journalists denounce manipulation, news concealment and pressure
• The prime minister is preparing to sell the country's second news agency to a businessman and MP of the ultra-right League

Conclusion: There is a worrisome erosion of pluralism in public media in Italy driven by the current government, something media professionals are not willing to allow

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