Alan Friedman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born April 30, 1956) is an American journalist, author, documentary writer and producer, TV anchor and former media and public relations executive.

[2][3] His most famous scoops were the Iraqgate scandal, which in 1992 exposed the involvement of the White House, the CIA and an Italian bank in sending weapons to Saddam Hussein,[4] and the Montigate revelation, which in 2014 revealed that Mario Monti and Giorgio Napolitano were discussing the possibility of setting up a Monti-led government in Italy six months before the fall of Berlusconi’s administration.

[5] Friedman has written and produced three documentaries: “My Way: The Rise and Fall of Silvio Berlusconi”, “Milano: The Inside Story of Italian Fashion”, and “Giovanni da Verrazzano: From the Renaissance to New York City."

His professional relationship with the International Herald Tribune and RAI made way in 1999 to a joint venture for the co-production of the weekly programmes World Business.

[6] Friedman was recognized as the journalist who led the report on the Iraqgate scandal in 1991 that connected the CIA with the supply of non-U.S. origin weapons to Saddam Hussein.

In 1991, he participated, with Ted Koppel of the ABC Nightline programme, in the production of a series of broadcasts by ABC/Financial Times on the scandal of the weapons sale to Iraq.

[7] The programme was cancelled in August 2011 after it was revealed that FBC acted as a public relations firm for the government of Malaysia and carried puff pieces in the shows it produced.

In a video message in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Berlusconi explained that for many years journalists had asked him to write his biography but had always declined.

In his talk, he criticized Trump for damaging the social fabric of the United States, sowing hatred and division, and leading a populist wave of demagogy that threatened America's traditions of strength through cultural diversity.

[20] A columnist for the Italian newspaper La Stampa,[21] Friedman frequently makes appearances as an economic and political commentator in the broadcast media.

[23][24] In April 2022, Friedman published an exclusive interview with United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in which she questioned the wisdom of the Maastricht Treaty deficit and debt rules.

The film also featured interviews with top Hollywood stars such as Lauren Hutton, Sharon Stone, Frances McDormand, Helen Mirren, and Samuel L. Jackson.

[26] MILANO was described by The New York Times as “Half nostalgia trip and half corrective to the narratives disseminated by docudramas like Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” and Ryan Murphy’s “Assassination of Gianni Versace.”[27] From 2011 to 2013, with liaison to Viktor Yanukovych's chief of staff Serhiy Lyovochkin, Friedman, one-time CNN producer Eckart Sager, Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's senior aide Konstantin Kilimnik devised a strategy to discredit Yulia Tymoshenko and Hillary Clinton.