Il Fatto Quotidiano Explained

Italic Title:no
Motto:Non riceve alcun finanziamento pubblico
("We do not receive any public funding")
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Compact
Political:Left-wing populism
Anti-establishment (close to the Five Star Movement)
Foundation:23 September 2009
Owners:Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A.
Circulation:53,242 (September 2022)[1]
Headquarters:Rome, Italy
Editor:Marco Travaglio
Language:Italian
Issn:2037-089X

(English: "The Daily Fact") is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A. and published in Rome. It was founded on 23 September 2009 and was edited by until 2015, when Marco Travaglio became the editor.[2] [3] The three deputy editors are, (a former MP for the Communist Refoundation Party and Critical Left) and Maddalena Oliva.[4]

Born on the long wave of Mani pulite and subsequent corruption scandals, it was a point of reference for the most intransigent anti-Berlusconism. Described by the likes of philosopher and journalist Alberico Giostra as a party-newspaper created by Paolo Flores d'Arcais and Travaglio, it has combined both left-wing and right-wing positions,[5] but it is broadly left-wing populist[6] [7] and anti-establishment.

The newspaper says it is independent and objective.[8] [9] It has been accused by critics of holding both left-wing and right-wing biases.[10] [11] [12] It is widely held to be politically close to the Five Star Movement (M5S),[13] [14] [15] including by Michele Santoro, the paper's co-founder,[16] [17] and former contributor .[18] It has sometimes published editorials critical of the M5S.[19] [20] [21]

History

In late 2008, Marco Travaglio was asked by fellow journalist to advertise Fini's newly founded magazine, La voce del ribelle ("The Rebel's Voice"), on his blog Voglioscendere.it, with the objective of gathering "a few hundred subscriptions". Thousands of people answered, allowing Fini's magazine to succeed.[22] Because of this success, Travaglio started considering the idea of using his blog to launch a new newspaper, independent of public funding.[22] Travaglio announced his intention on 1 June 2009.[23]

The title ("The Daily Fact") was chosen as a homage to journalist Enzo Biagi, who at then Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's request was removed from RAI, the Italian state television, in what became known as the editto bulgaro controversy; Biagi's daily ten-minute prime-time news commentary on Rai 1 was titled . RAI refused to permit the newspaper to be called simply Il Fatto, asserting rights to that name. In June 2009, l'Antefatto,[24] a promotional website, was set up containing information about subscription and the development of the project.[23] Travaglio stated that the publisher would not use Italian state advertising and funding to run the newspaper but instead use only money from sales and market advertisements.[23]

The first issue, printed in 100,000 copies in addition to 32,000 subscriptions, was already sold out before 8:00 AM on 23 September; distribution was limited to the largest cities. As a consequence, the newspaper announced it would immediately double the number of copies and make the first issue available online free of charge.[25] [26]

It is considered close to the Five Star Movement (M5S).[27] The pro-M5S line of the paper has caused internal clashes in the editorial staff and contributed to the resignation of several journalists, including, Michele Santoro,,[28] and .[29] Following the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, journalist and co-founder Furio Colombo said the paper had taken a pro-Russian stance, and resigned from the paper due to its hiring of . He was also critical of the theories of Fini, a fellow columnist, on the German occupation of Italy during World War II.[30] [31] Its reporting on the war has been seen as so pro-Russia and pro-Vladimir Putin that the Russian embassy has praised and retweeted it.[32] [33] [34]

Ownership

is published by Editoriale Il Fatto S.p.A., an Italian company; the managing director is Giorgio Poidomani. The company regulation states that up to 70% of the shares can be owned by entrepreneurs but that no one of them can own more than 16% of the share capital, estimated at €600,000.[35] The remaining 30% of the shares is owned by the newspaper columnists. As a result, no important choice can be made without the consent of the columnists, as a 70% majority + 1 is needed to carry out decisions about the newspaper policy or editor election.[35]

Format and circulation

is printed in the compact format and full colour. It is distributed in Italy by post and through over 25,000 newsagents in the major Italian towns and regions.[36] [37] A significant fraction of the readership, about one fifth, is made out of subscriptions to the PDF version of the newspaper., circulation of was 113,000.[38] The paper had a circulation of 78,669 copies in 2010.[39]

Editors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dati settembre 2022. ADS. it. Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa. 2022. 22 June 2023. 6 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230606093257/https://adsnotizie.it/_dati_DMS.asp. dead.
  2. Web site: Il Fatto Quotidiano - Antonio Padellaro. ilfattoquotidiano.it. 3 August 2020. it.
  3. Web site: Il Fatto Quotidiano - Marco Travaglio. ilfattoquotidiano.it. 3 August 2020. it.
  4. Web site: Gerenza e contatti .
  5. Book: Giostra, Alberico. 2018. Il partito del FQ. Chi trova un nemico trova un tesoro. Trieste. Asterios. it. 978-88-9313-052-3. 22 June 2023. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Where to get the news in Italy .
  7. Web site: Institutionalized Populism: The "Strange Case" of the Italian Five Star Movement - ECPS . 8 June 2021 .
  8. Web site: 2011-03-14 . OSCE Media Representative condemns intimidation of journalists in Italy . 22 June 2023 . OSCE.
  9. Web site: 2011-03-14 . Il Fatto online is Italy's third most-visited news site . 22 June 2023 . WAN-IFRA . en-US.
  10. Web site: 17 May 2018 . News Media and Political Attitudes in Italy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230628172323/https://www.pewresearch.org/global/fact-sheet/news-media-and-political-attitudes-in-italy/ . 28 June 2023 . 28 June 2023 . Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project.
  11. Web site: Rangeri . Norma . 2018-06-27 . https://ilmanifesto-it.translate.goog/ce-vita-a-sinistra-il-fatto-quotidiano-e-il-coniglio-del-manifesto?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp--> C'è vita a sinistra, il Fatto Quotidiano e il coniglio del manifesto . 22 June 2023 . Il manifesto. it.
  12. Web site: 2020-09-23 . 'Il Fatto' di Travaglio esalta il fascista D'Annunzio . 22 June 2023 . Mondonuovo News. it .
  13. Web site: Branca . Paolo . 2018-07-26 . Il Fatto, organo di partito nell'Italia gialloverde . 22 June 2023 . Strisciarossa . it .
  14. Book: Conway. Kyle. Davier. Lucile. 24 April 2019. Journalism and Translation in the Era of Convergence. Amsterdam. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 57. 978-90-272-6255-4. 27 June 2023. Google Books.
  15. Web site: Di Sanzio . Domenico . 2021-08-23 . Da M5s a 'Pdf', il partito del 'Fatto'. 22 June 2023 . Il Giornale . it.
  16. Web site: 2016-11-27 . Michele Santoro contro Travaglio: 'Ridicolo che tutto il Fatto sia per il No' . 22 June 2023 . Blitz Quotidiano . it-IT.
  17. Web site: Merlo . Salvatore . 26 November 2016 . L'anno due di Michele Santoro . 22 June 2023 . Il Foglio . it.
  18. Web site: Frenda . Angela . 7 June 2012 . Telese: addio «Fatto», fondo il mio giornale . 22 June 2023 . . it.
  19. News: Travaglio. Marco. 10 July 2021. Aridatece il Caimano. Il Fatto Quotidiano. it. 25 June 2023.
  20. Web site: 2021-07-10 . Travaglio tramortito dall'accordo Draghi-Grillo sulla giustizia grida: Aridatece il Caimano! . 2023-06-24 . Secolo d'Italia . it-IT.
  21. Web site: Cantini . Oriana . 2021-07-10 . Travaglio demolisce M5s sulla riforma della giustizia: 'A 90° al cospetto di Draghi' . 2023-06-24 . UrbanPost . it-IT.
  22. http://www.voglioscendere.ilcannocchiale.it/2009/11/28/la_voce_del_ribelle_un_anno_do.html La Voce del Ribelle, a year later
  23. Web site: Abbonatevi a "Il Fatto" - Marco Travaglio - Voglio Scendere. 31 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090531091425/http://www.voglioscendere.ilcannocchiale.it/2009/05/28/abbonatevi_a_il_fatto.html . 5 March 2024. 31 May 2009 .
  24. Web site: Presentazione de "L'Antefatto" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830165853/http://www.antefatto.it/presentazione . 30 August 2009 . 24 September 2009 . it.
  25. http://www.voglioscendere.ilcannocchiale.it/2009/09/23/il_primo_numero_de_il_fatto_qu.html The first issue of Il Fatto
  26. https://archive.org/download/IlFattoQuotidiano-Numero1/ilfatto20090923.pdf First issue
  27. News: 2014-11-29 . 'Tired' Grillo overhauls leadership of Italy's 5-Star Movement . en . Reuters . 2022-02-28.
  28. Web site: 2018-11-04 . Gli Angelucci strappano Davide Vecchi al Fatto Quotidiano e lo mettono a dirigere i Corrierini . 22 June 2023 . Dagospia.
  29. Web site: Fattorini . Marco . 5 May 2020 . Giovane e brillante, liberale e manettaro, ecco chi è Stefano Zelig Feltri . 22 June 2023 . Linkiesta.
  30. Web site: D'Arcais . Paolo Flores . 2022-05-17 . Furio Colombo: "Ecco perché ho lasciato Il Fatto Quotidiano" . 22 June 2023 . . it.
  31. Web site: Putin il lupo e i porcellini . . La Repubblica . 2022-05-19 . it . 10 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220622141907/https://www.repubblica.it/commenti/2022/05/20/news/putin_il_lupo_e_i_porcellini-350299169/ . 22 June 2022 . dead .
  32. News: L'ambasciata russa elogia Il Fatto Quotidiano che svela le 'bugie' sul conflitto. Il voltafaccio di Travaglio. Il Tempo. it. 1 March 2022. 20 June 2023.
  33. News: Ucraina, l'ambasciata russa elogia Marco Travaglio: 'Guerra nata dalla troppe bugie'. Libero. it. 1 March 2022. 20 June 2023.
  34. Web site: Roberts. Hannah. 20 May 2022. Infowars: Putin's propaganda permeates Italian media. Politico. 20 June 2023.
  35. https://archive.org/download/IlFattoQuotidiano-Numero1/ilfatto20090923.pdf Giorgio Poidomani, Senza Padroni in page 22 published on 23 September 2009
  36. Web site: il Fatto Quotidiano: distribuzione in citta' e pronvincie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923140126/http://antefatto.ilcannocchiale.it/2009/09/17/elenco_per_citta_e_province.html . 23 September 2009 . 24 September 2009 . it.
  37. Web site: 2009-09-22 . Dove arriva Il Fatto e perché . 2022-05-10 . il Fatto Quotidiano . it.
  38. Web site: I fatti del Fatto. 25 December 2009. Il Fatto Quotidiano. 5 March 2024.
  39. Web site: National Newspapers. International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. 5 March 2015.

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