Political elections in different newspapers

This week we were supposed to follow political elections but with a wider view. In other words, we were meant to compare the elections and the way they are presented by three different countries.
I decided to follow the Italian 'Il giornale', which has a right inclination, the English newspaper 'the Times', and the Spanish newspaper 'El Mundo'.
At the beginning I thought of following just my candidates, Mc Cain and Berlusconi but I came out with some troubles: almost all the newspapers write about Clinton and Obama while Berlusconi and the Italian political elections are practically forgotten by those countries.
I must admit that this fact surprised me a bit; since the Italian tv and the Italian newspapers, in general, are all bombard with news about the national elections I expected more place for this topic even from abroad. A quite interesting thing that I noticed seaching for information about Italian political elections in the English Times was that the name of Prodi never appeared while that of Berlusconi was more cited. I think that this can be due to the fact that Berlusconi is more known all over the world but not only as a political figure but especially as an influent personality which has a great power among Italian people.
All the three newspapers contain a lot of information about the American primaries and often a special section is there to click on in order to get the latest events regarding political scenary in America.
As regards the amount of coverage, I saw that El Mundo prefers to give just fundamental news about the primaries and often concentrates more on the way they are held. Maybe this is due to the fact that not all the people in Spanish are concerned with the mechanism of the primaries so that the journalists have to specify some points which are not even taken into consideration by the Times, as they are thought to be understood by the English.

Berlusconi at the European Parliament

POLITICAL ELECTIONS

Hi, guys!

This time we are supposed to talk and reflect on political elections which are the main topical subjects both in America and in Italy.
I followed the candidates on the right and watched some videos about Berlusconi and Mc Cain's speeches.
I wasn't very informed about Mc Cain's life and political attitude so that I first check for information related to this candidate. On the contrary, watching at least two Tv news per day, I can say I'm informed enough on Berlusconi's life and political attitude. You know, in these days it is rather difficult not to find his face on a Tv programme!
I noticed that Mc Cain interacts with his audience using the expression 'my friends'. When he introduces a discourse he uses frequently expressions such as 'God bless you, God help you'.
There are some words which he points out with a higher stress such as 'We believe', 'courage', 'principles'. These words are repeated again and again in his discourses.
Regarding his phisical presence, Mc Cain is always smiley. I remember in particular a sentence with which he ended up one of his speeches: 'Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we'll be back to work'.

Regarding Berlusconi, almost all of his speeches are based on attacks against the left party and what they did and did not do over their government. Like Mc Cain, he always smiles while talking to his audience and he frequently rises his voice in order to be more convincing. I think that one of Berlusconi's best characteristics is the irony he uses in his discourses, especially when he adresses other politicians such as Prodi or Fassino.
There are some words which are frequently repeated by Berlusconi such as 'famiglia', 'valori', 'tasse', 'giovani', 'la prima casa', etc.
Anyway, I think that the way politicians are represented by the Tv is not enough to know them. Most of the information here are filtered and not published by a Tv network so that some videos in YouTube really help us to discover the real personality and political attitude of those politicians.
I found out a video about Berlusconi and his speech at the European Parliament which has never passed on an Italian Tv network.
Watch it, it's rather shameful!!!!!!