Despite this clout, three recent events have left the media tycoon and his party beleaguered.

尽管有如此影响力，最近发生的三件事让这位媒体大亨和他的政党都陷入了困境。

The influential media tycoon and right-wing populist politician died on Monday.

这位颇具影响力的媒体大亨和右翼民粹主义政治家于周一去世。

Italy's longest-serving prime minister was a media tycoon and unapologetic populist.

这位意大利任职时间最长的总理是一位媒体大亨，也是一位不愿道歉的民粹主义者。

On November 16th Silvio Berlusconi, a media tycoon, rebranded his party, the People of Freedom (PdL).

在11月16号传媒大亨贝卢斯科尼重新命名了自己的政党人民自由党。

Mr Alfano, a Sicilian whom the media tycoon had named as his successor, is a front-runner.

西西里岛出身的阿尔法诺已被传媒巨头指明为贝卢斯科尼的后任，并在候选人中遥遥领先。

Former media tycoon Conrad Black who was jailed for defrauding investors and obstructing justice in the United States has been pardoned by President Trump.

前传媒大亨康拉德·布莱克本因欺骗投资者和妨碍美国司法被判入狱 现已被特朗普总统赦免。

Fortunately, the PdL is languishing at little more than 15% in the opinion polls, and the elderly media tycoon will also be blamed by some voters for bringing down Mr Monti.

所幸的是，自民党的声望在下降，其支持率在民意测验中只有15%多一点，而且布卢斯科尼这位年长的媒体界巨头会因蒙蒂的离开而受部分选民谴责。

That includes dealing with questionable characters like Silvio Berlusconi, a media tycoon who has been tried more than a dozen times for fraud, false accounting and bribery, and outright villains like Benito Mussolini, the second-world-war-era fascist dictator.

这包括应对有问题的人物， 如媒体大亨西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼 (Silvio Berlusconi)，他曾因欺诈、虚假会计和贿赂而受审十几次， 还有彻头彻尾的恶棍， 如二战时期的法西斯独裁者贝尼托墨索里尼 (Benito Mussolini)。