FAKE NEWS: JOURNALIST WHO PROMOTED FALSE STORIES PREVENTED FROM LEADING STATE BROADCASTER
Source: Newsweek
BY DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON ON 8/2/18 AT 2:13 PM
The Italian parliament's supervisory committee has prohibited a journalist who promoted false news stories from leading state-run broadcaster Rai.
On Wednesday, the committee rejected the government's nomination of Marcello Foa, a pro-Russian and homophobic reporter, to become president of the country's publicly funded news broadcast, which streams across Europe and North America.
The day before, Rai's board approved Foa's appointment, which the governing alliance of the anti-establishment party Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League proposed last week.
Foa's appointment failed after the center-left Forza Italia party and left-wing Free and Equal party abstained from participating in the supervisory committee's confirmation vote. The abstention meant the nominee did not receive the two-thirds approval votes necessary to be appointed.
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