Right ! This is the Catholic Syndrome: millions people go to the Mass at Sunday, but when they are right outside the church forget they are catholic :)

Yes, Italian medias are almost directly controlled by political parties - everyone has his newspaper at least. I know that in US media don't belong to one rather than another (actually in US there are not so many parties as in Italy) but they are financed by big economic oligopolies, so they can't be reliable either...

Curious to hear about your new books !