Democracy needs media to look at reality freely-Mattarella

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 20 - Democracy needs media that look at reality freely, President Sergio Mattarella said Thursday.
    "Democracy needs a press capable of looking at reality with freedom, with intelligence and with a critical spirit", he said in a message published in the Gazzetta di Mantova for the 360th anniversary of the oldest newspaper in Italy, founded in 1664.
    The message also comes ahead of the president's visit next Saturday to Solferino and Castiglione delle Stiviere near Mantua on the occasion of the anniversary of the foundation of the Red Cross. (ANSA).