good message. Strict campaigning laws have since swung into place, forcing the media to give equal space to Italy's many political parties, squeezing Berlusconi's air time. 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.
