Silvio "Mussolini was Benevolent" Berlusconi's Choice for Senate Leader!

Andreotti was appointed senator-for-life in 1991, even with the demise of his party after the so-called Clean Hands campaign- financing scandal and accusations of links to the Sicilian Mafia. He was convicted of having ties to the mob and enlisting the Mafia to kill a journalist. He was subsequently acquitted in 2004 by the country's highest appeals court.

     Berlusconi, who said once that Mussolini didn't kill any Jews during the Holocaust (undoubtedly a form of Holocaust Denial), obviously has deep feelings about the sanctity of the press.  Quote from the story on the Bloomberg newswire titled "Prodi Faces First Hurdle to Form Government as Parliament Meets"