Mussolini..er..ah..Berlusconi storms out of election TV interview

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6543619&cKey=1142199332000

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, facing parliamentary elections next month, stormed out of a television studio on Sunday when pressed in an interview about his relations with George W. Bush and conflicts of interest.

"This channel is a war machine set against the prime minister," Italy's media tycoon shouted, before gathering up his papers and marching out of the studio.

"Goodbye madam. If you won't let me answer the question, I'm getting up and I'm off."

Berlusconi's centre-right coalition government is lagging behind the opposition centre left by 3.5 percentage points in opinion polls.

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1. Silvio owns a ton of media himself. And if you think Fox "News"...

is bad, you should see the crap that his media goons put out. :puke:

If the election were held today, the center left coalition would win.

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2. Silvio Soprano has to arrange a hit.

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3. Another one of junior's close friend in crime is exposed.

Annunziata, an opposition supporter, challenged Berlusconi on the RAI 3 programme to explain why to people outside Italy he was known only for his support of U.S. President George W. Bush in the Iraq war and for the conflict between his business and political interests.

Berlusconi, visibly irritated, refused to discuss his relationship with Bush further.

Cracks have started to show in his usually buoyant television style, before he faces opposition leader Romano Prodi on Tuesday in a U.S.-style television showdown on RAI.

"You are not used to taking journalists' questions, this is my show, I'll decide what questions I ask," snapped Annunziata, who quit her RAI job two years ago claiming it had become just a "mail box" for requests from the government.

However, Berlusconi still managed to get in the last word.

"And they say I'm the one who controls RAI!" he could be heard shouting through his still hooked-up microphone after he had left the set.

What a rat!!