Enzo Biagi on the cover of one of his books.

Enzo Biagi (born August 9, 1920 - dead November 6, 2007) was a renowned Italian journalist. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 221st day of the year (222nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

Biography

Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and started his career as journalist in Bologna. Active in journalism for six decades and the author of some eighty books, Biagi won numerous awards, among them the 1979 Saint Vincent prize. He worked on the Italian national TV channel Rai Uno until 2001. Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Bologna (BO) Mayor Elevation 640 m Area 85. ... For the food product, see Bologna sausage. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Rai Uno is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. ...

On May 9, 2001, just two days before the general elections in Italy, during his daily prime time 10-minute TV show Il Fatto, broadcast on Rai Uno, Biagi interviewed the popular actor and director Roberto Benigni, who gave a hilarious talk about Silvio Berlusconi in which he humorously declared his preference for the other candidate, Francesco Rutelli from the Olive Tree coalition.^[1] is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... Roberto Remigio Benigni (born October 27, 1952) is an Academy Award-winning Italian film and television actor, writer and director. ...   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... Francesco Rutelli Francesco Rutelli (born June 14, 1954), MP, is an Italian politician, formerly Mayor of Rome, and president of the center wing liberal party Daisy-Democracy is Freedom. ... For the Italian political alliance see Olive Tree, and the color, olive (color). ...

Biagi then disappeared from the TV screens a few months after the Berlusconi declarations in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the then-Prime Minister accused the popular journalist, together with fellow journalist Michele Santoro and showman/comedian Daniele Luttazzi, of having made criminal use of the television service. This article is about the capital of Bulgaria. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ... Michele Santoro Michele Santoro (Salerno, July 2, 1951) is an Italian journalist, broadcaster, anchorman, and Member of the European Parliament for Southern with the Olive Tree, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliaments Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. ... Daniele Luttazzi Daniele Luttazzi (born in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Rimini, January 26, 1961), real name Daniele Fabbri, is an Italian comedian, writer, satirist, illustrator and singer/songwriter. ...

Biagi's defenders argue that a public service should provide pluralism, and that a country where government prevents opposing ideas from being voiced on air is a régime. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Pluralism (political philosophy) This article is about pluralism in politics. ... For other uses, see Censor. ... The word regime (occasionally spelled régime, particularly in older texts) refers to any system of control, or more specifically a system of government. ...

The issue of Berlusconi's motives for entering politics in the first place emerged in an interview that he gave with Biagi and Indro Montanelli, stating "If I don't enter politics, I will go to jail and become bankrupt."^[2] Indro Montanelli (1909-2001) was an Italian journalist and historian, known for his new approach to writing history in his books History of the Greeks, History of the Romans, etc. ...

On April 22, 2007, 86-year-old Enzo Biagi made his TV comeback on the RAI with RT - Rotocalco Televisivo, a current affairs show which is broadcast on Raitre. At the opening of the show, he declared: is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rai Tre is part of RAI, the Italian government broadcasting agency, which owns other channels, such as Rai Uno, Rai Due and Rai Tre (amongst others). ...

At the time of his death he was also a columnist for the daily Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, a publication which he had worked for since the early 1970s. Corriere della Sera (Evening Mail) is the most important Italian daily newspapers (first in sales [1]), printed in Milan. ...

References

La Repubblica (meaning: The Republic) is an Italian daily newspaper. ...

External links

• "RT - Rotocalco Televisivo" website (Italian)
• Enzo Biagi, a political affair (Italian)
• "Il fatto" di Enzo Biagi ("The event" by Enzo Biagi) (Italian)