“We have to be ready to present our apologies to Emilio Fede. We’ve always portrayed him as a brownnose, as the archetype of this fauna of jesters, with the aggravation of his cheerfulness. Often brownnoses, after performing, and when they are sure not to be seen by their bosses, appear disgusted and unhappy. That’s not the case of Fede. Having done his duty he smiles ecstatically. I’m afraid we’ll shortly have to change our opinions about him, regret his interventions and consider them as models of objectivity and moderation… Nowadays, in order to install a regime, there is no need for a march on Rome or a fire in the Reichstag, not even of a Winter Palace. Mass media are everything we need: and, chief amongst them, the irresistible television. (…) The result is obvious: a shroud of conformism and lies that, without using special laws, will cover this country reducing it to a soap-opera for boors and will lead to an awakening in which my generation won’t have time to be involved”.
Indro Montanelli
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