Battling an Image and Reality, Berlusconi Takes on the Mafia (Real and Fictional)
ROME — It seemed a spirited defense of his nation’s reputation: calling organized crime groups “a terrible pathology,” Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday criticized movies and television shows that fictionalized the Mafia for giving Italy “a negative image abroad.”
Such shows, he said, were “an ugly trend” that he hoped would end soon.
Yet if anyone [...]
