Editing Propaganda Due (section)

==={{lang|it|Corriere della Sera}} takeover===
In 1977, P2 took control of the {{lang|it|[[Corriere della Sera]]}} newspaper, a leading paper in Italy. At the time, the paper had encountered financial trouble and was unable to raise bank loans because its then editor, Piero Ottone, was considered hostile to the ruling Christian Democrats. ''Corriere''<nowiki/>'s owners, the publishing house Rizzoli, struck a deal with Gelli, who provided the money with funds from the [[Vatican Bank]] directed by archbishop [[Paul Marcinkus]]. Ottone was fired and the paper's editorial line shifted to the right.<ref name="Ginsborg p144" /><ref name="Independent 1997-12-23" />

The paper published a long interview with Gelli in 1980. The interview was carried out by the television talk show host [[Maurizio Costanzo]], who would also be exposed as a member of P2.<ref name="Independent 1998-07-23" /> Gelli said he was in favour of rewriting the Italian constitution towards a [[Gaullism|Gaullist]] presidential system. When asked what he always wanted to be, he replied: "A puppet master".<ref name="Ginsborg p144" /><ref name="Willan p229">Willan, ''Puppetmasters'', pp. 229–230.</ref>