The triumph of Mr. Pappas

It sounds incredible, but it is true. Mr. Pappas, the Minister (also) charged with the media, undertook the labor of organizing television. Miraculously, the project of auctioning the licenses for private television networks to operate was doubly successful. He managed to secure 246 million euros for the State and offered a spectacle, for free of course, for the audience that stayed up for three days to watch the reality show.

All that remains is for the money to be deposited in the public treasury, while the celebrations for the government’s major success continue. It is hoped that the paperwork accompanying the money will be in order and that broadcasting on the national network will begin in 90 days.

Amid all of the celebrations, the comparison between the the situation the State Minister abolished and the new rules were forgotten. But what is being omitted and us underlined in a television ad by Mega Channel, is that tens of millions of of euros were paid in taxes, contributions etc, during the period before the success of Mr. Pappas.

Of course there are gray areas in the restructuring of the television market. After all television is an intellectual work and as such, the primary source material, requires some care.

Thousands of journalists, artists, scientists and other ‘white collar’ employees and technicians are afraid that they may end up in the streets, without a job and miserable amid a financial crisis.

It is obvious that the government will have to face this problem of additional unemployment.

The celebrations are great, but lets us not forget that miracles only last three days.