Giorgia Meloni denounces Giuseppe Conte video montage as fake news
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused opposition leader Giuseppe Conte of misrepresenting her in a video posted on social media. The montage combined excerpts of Conte’s speech in the Chamber of Deputies with footage of Meloni, implying she was reacting in real time. Meloni clarified that at the moment of Conte’s remarks she was at the Quirinale for an institutional meeting and called the edited clip a "misrepresentation of reality" and "fake news".
Conte later acknowledged that the images of Meloni were taken from an earlier occasion, but defended the edit as a legitimate way to contextualise the questions he raised, which he said were addressed to the prime minister. The exchange has sparked debate over the use of edited videos in political communication and concerns about misinformation in Italian politics.