WHO IS AGAINST THE WEAKEST CITIZENS AND WHO LISTENS TO THEM

Also in 2001 Telefono Antiplagio attributed (together with the "flying donkey prize", won by the Rete 4 show "Misteri") the certificates "on the quacks' side" and "the citizens' side".

ON THE QUACKS SIDE 2001:
MAURIZIO COSTANZO, JOURNALIST
MOTIVATION: NONE OF THE NUMEROUS QUACKS ADVERTISED IN HIS TRANSMISSIONS FORESAW THE FACTS OF SEPTEMBER 11

ON THE CITIZENS' SIDE 2001:
RENATO MEDURI, SENATOR OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
MOTIVATION: PRESENTED A DRAFT BILL TO THE SENATE JUSTICE COMMITTEE REFORMULATING THE PLAGIARISM CRIME,
"RULES TO OPPOSE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION"
http://www.senato.it/leg/14/Bgt/Schede/Ddliter/16044.htm

(This award would have also been assigned to "Striscia la Notizia" if, after having castigated Wanna Marchi & c., had not advertised a "slimming" product based on Bach flowers )