Viva Le Donne di Berlusconi, Viva Italia!

In April, I noted that television ratings indicate that sports audiences skew Republican and entertainment audiences Democratic. "€œWhich is more useful to control for propagandizing for your Party: the games or the stories?"€ I asked portentously. An astute reader pointed to Italy, however, where Silvio Berlusconi is now enjoying his third terms as a center-right Prime Minister. Certainly, no politician enjoys leading his country more than the cruise-ship crooner turned TV and soccer billionaire, at least not as measured in number of prosecutors and magistrates who have fruitlessly ...

Viva Le Donne di Berlusconi, Viva Italia!

In April, I noted that television ratings indicate that sports audiences skew Republican and entertainment audiences Democratic. "€œWhich is more useful to control for ...


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