Maria Luisa Busi, presenter of the TG1 evening news programme on Rai 1 has quit her job in protest at prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s control of the Italian media. Her move comes after Augusto Minzolini, handpicked for the job by Berlusconi himself, was appointed editor of TG1. The president of Rai 1, as well as staff at TG1, have all voiced concerns over bias and Berlusconi’s media monopoly.