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I came across this little jewel of political satire whilst stumbling along using StumbleUpon.

Somehow, I don’t think a video like this would last too long in Italy’s sensitive political environment.

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On the subject of political comment, there is an interesting story over on Beppe Grillo’s blog concerning what happens if the press tries to be a little too free in Italy. The story is called The blog and freedom of information

Moral of the story: Italian political bloggers and journalists should not host their blogs in Italy, or use the ‘.it’ domain.

StumbleUpon has an uncanny knack of helping me discover interesting corners of the world wide web. If you have not tried it, I’d recommend giving it a go.

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

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