[lbo-talk] more on italian elections

[dano]

At 3:43 PM -0700 6/15/04, R wrote:
>  He [Berlusconi] was resoundingly defeated in one area (central - where Rome
>is) by a famous woman journalist, Lilli Gruber, he had had "expelled" from
>our state television channels because, while transmitting from Iraq, she had
>made some faux pas like calling the rebel forces "resistance" forces, the
>allied presence an "occupation," and the coalition army the "invading" army.
>She got the most votes of any candidate in the elections - around 700,000 in
>one area where she was a candidate and 300,000 in another.  Another
>journalist who was banned from state TV because his talk programs were too
>politically oriented to the left, Michele Santoro, got 400,000 votes where
>he was a candidate.  He told the press (I'll translate): "My success and
>that of Lilli Gruber give value to the fact that we are conducting a battle
>for freedom of expression, and this same impression is also present in the
>public opinion."

Is this "state TV" one of the channels owned by Berlusconi?