” “"Unfortunately, the international community and the mass media are more and more attracted by the spectacular side of information – continues Beccegato so interest and solidarity are directed to emergencies only. They never start from the people’s real needs or the damage made by the war. Solidarity actions are more and more a reason of political or electoral propaganda". What could be an antidote to this? In his opinion, "a work of reconciliation from the bottom, through a more united and interacting civil society, inter-religious dialogue and the proposal of alternative information, by supporting the journalists’ networks that try to give voice to any option that could be a substitute for war". Partly because, he recalled as he quoted a recent survey conducted by Caritas, 77% of the Italian public opinion asks for a non-violent approach to conflicts. In this respect, "information he concludes plays a key role when it does not advocate the governments’ manoeuvres in support of military operations".” “
