by Marco Travaglio · Il Saggiatore · tapa blanda · ISBN 8022264763455
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«La scomparsa dei fatti» is the essay by Marco Travaglio, published by Il Saggiatore in paperback (316 pages, in Italian).
The journalist Marco Travaglio denounces how Italian media omit or distort relevant information to avoid upsetting those who hold political and economic power. Faced with this drift, he advocates rigorous journalism based on objective facts, and explains the consequences of disinformation for contemporary democracy.
The full subtitle is «Si prega di abolire le notizie per non disturbare il manovratore»; the work appeared in 2006.
For readers interested in journalism, current political affairs and media analysis, particularly the Italian case and the relationship between power and the press.
Marco Travaglio is an Italian journalist, writer, and pundit. Since 2015, he has been the editor-in-chief of the independent daily newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. Travaglio began his journalistic career in the late 1980s under Indro Montanelli at Il Giornale and La Voce, then in the 2000s worked at La Repubblica and L'Unità, before becoming one of the founders of Il Fatto Quotidiano in 2009. He is also the author of many books and a columnist for several other national newspapers and magazines, his main interests have been judicial reporting and current affairs and politics, dealing with issues ranging from the fight against the Italian Mafia to corruption.
