6. Italian journalism in 1943 - 45

The Italian magazine in the 40s was largely a reflection of the political situation that was developing in the country at that time. Nat The seal, which has not yet become stronger, falls under the rink of the totalit. regime. Opposition publications destroyed. A small part went underground. Leading news agency "Stephanie" was turned into Mussolini in the official group of fascism. The number of daily newspapers has decreased. The function of objective information readers is being lost. In July43, Allied forces landed in Sicily. Anglo-Amerik. Command introduced specials. Department. psychowars Its functions included control over all information on Mediterranean. theater of war. It could introduce censorship, allow and prohibit the publication of newspapers, publish its own press organ and create a radio. Italy's allies and conservatives tried in every way to reduce the influence of the parties of the National Liberation Committee of Italy and especially the National Liberation Committee of Northern Italy (KNOCI). KNOSI insists on the observance of the law, stipulates defaulting of all individuals, incl. the closure of all publications compromised by ties with fascist occupiers. Publications are published under the auspices of the Allies or their permission. As well as the ed. Anti-Party Parties, many of the cats before that went out underground. Most popular. - “Avanti”, communes. "Unita" Democrat. "Popolo"; "Italy Libera". The peak of the popularity of these ed.-June 44g., When Rome was liberated. Their circulation at this time reached impressive figures. Newspapers otps.psych.voyny arose in major cities, starting with Palermo, where 6aug.43g. The first newspaper of the liberated territory of the country, Sicilya Librato, was published. Newspapers appear that are not dependent on separate psychological warfare, but controlled by it - “Risorgimento”, “Tempo”. Satisfied inf.golod in areas such as culture, satire. The KNOCI document on printing issues dated 11 Aug. 44: all the fascist journals published during the occupation should be closed, except for the fin. "Ile Sole" and Catholic. "L'Italé." In 45g. A cooperative press agency (AISA) was created on a cooperative basis on the initiative of parity newspapers. It proclaimed independence and objectivity. The activity of journalistic bodies is being revived. After the departure of Mussolini, the National Federation of Ital. Press (NFP) was recreated in Rome. In 44g. promulgated decree number 384, on the cat. prescribed the creation of a Unified Commission for the maintenance of 11 regions and interregions, lists of journals and the procedure for their execution. The same commission is obliged to carry out the cleaning, i.e. defashization of ital.zhur-ki. Thus, by the time of the complete liberation of Italy at the end of April45. on the territory of the country, on the one hand, the actions of the coalition.pravit.antifash.partiy, on the other - the preservation.control of the allied command.