January 24, 2007
Italy Boards the YouTube Express
Italian minister Antonio Di Pietro has joined the wave of YouTube vlogging politicans.
The infrastructure minister has decided to post video to YouTube regularly describing and explaining the decisions taken in Romano Prodi's centre-left cabinet. In his most recent post Di Pietro chats his way unscripted for almost seven minutes through last Friday's cabinet meeting. The transcript is available in English on his Web site.
One of Italiy's most unconventional politicians, this former police officer is probably better known outside Italy for his exploits before entering parliament. His investigation of party corruption as a prosecutor in Milan set off a veritable political earthquake that virtually destroyed the country's old political order.
The minister first popped up on YouTube in December 2006 in a video explaining his controversial opposition to a cross-border merger between Italy's Autostrade and the Spanish firm, Abertis.
Italian Politics Takes to YouTube
Antonio Di Pietro - YouTube Profile
Posted by Buzz Webster at January 24, 2007 05:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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