The Example of M5S... Dishonest news and Politics in a blender

It's important to introduce that this post isn't a politic post, but a reflection about It innovation and his correlation with the change of form of politic and social participation.

Furthermore this post is a first part of two about the importance to validate news coming from web, and how without a validation it's possible to create a very serious crisis that can spread from web to real life of people with unpredictable effects.

The M5S , Italian party created in 2009 by Beppe Grillo a comedian and Roberto Casaleggio an expert of communication strategy, is a great example of populism that with a dishonest news can influence a politic scenario in dramatic way.

Casaleggio (left) and Grillo

After a very incredible result in national election 2013 , the M5S rejects all possible agreement to enter in a Government, because the their belief system is to reject "the old, dirty politic" and to propose a new iper-democracy from the web.

Already they had proposed a list of candidate voted by web and when in the middle of institutional crisis because of impossibility to make a government , Italy had to elect a new president of Republic , they decide to propose a candidate after the "quirinarie" a internet poll for registered voters of their blog, almost 50 thousand person.

The winner is Milena Gabanelli , journalist very famous for her TV show, but she rejects to become their candidate.

Second Place Gino Strada , Doctor and founder of Emergency ( http://www.emergency.it/en-index.html?51769d2529889 ), but also he rejects the candidature.

So they decides to propose the candidature to Stefano Rodotà , 80 years old , politic of left wing.

Stefano Rodotà

They immediately begin to say that this candidate is the candidate that Italians want and in the rough days while parliament fails for 5 time the election , they repeat that Rodotà is a candidate that italians want and some people begins to demonstrate in front of Parliament.

Many people by Facebook and Twitter say the same thing, many journalist of left wing say the same thing, other journalists ask data of this poll , but M5S don't provides results.

So after one crazy week, in the Saturday morning the parliament renews confidence in Giorgio Napolitano , the outgoing president.

M5S begins to call “Golpe” this and to incite people to march to Rome (as Mussolini in 1922).

Some people demonstrates, but at the same time on Sunday during regional election in Friuli Venezia Giulia the M5S loses almost 12% from 26% of one month before.

Tuesday after many questions about result of quirinarie M5S provides finally the result :

Registered voters : 48.292

Votes : 28.518

- Gabanelli Milena: 5.796

- Strada Gino: 4.938

- Rodota' Stefano: 4.677

after this long explanation , we arrive in the middle of our discussion... ...

Only 4.677 people voted Stefano Rodotà, but M5S with the help of twitter, Facebook and Web tells a fantasious tale that he is the candidate of 60 millions of Italians.

The Politics whips itself within a blender , a party goes in crisis , government is suspended , citizens are angry, all this because of false information...

This is a good example, but it's possible to make other as recent news about Obama hurt in a explosion or when Stocks of Apple lost the value because of unofficial email.

We can accept it?

It's problem only about public life?

In the second part of post , we will analyze other similar case but in private life and we will ask to ourself :”how it's possible to make a solution?”


Ps

I'm not English Native Speaker so if you notice some error , i apologize.