European news aggregator The Local has blamed Breitbart London for reporting that the island of Sardinia was taken hostage by migrants earlier this week, while steering clear of claiming that any facts in Dr. Thomas D. Williams’s report were incorrect. Earlier this week Dr. Williams, Breitbart News’ Rome Editor wrote that a day-long protest by immigrants paralyzed city traffic in the island’s capital city of Cagliari, quoting local politician Daniele Caruso who said: “Cagliari is hostage to illegal immigrants”. But the report has triggered the ire of The Local and its left-wing sources in Italy, who have shot back with an analysis by New York Times contributor Angela Giuffrida claiming that “Lurid headlines on global websites claim Sardinia has been ‘taken hostage’ by protesting migrants. But locals have poured scorn on the reports. We have definitely not been taken hostage, a local politician and journalist told The Local.” Giuffrida, who has previously worked for a construction industry magazine and for the Abu Dhabi Media Company, wrote: On Monday, a group of migrants marched through Cagliari, before sitting down on one of the Sardinian capital’s main streets, blocking traffic in a protest which local newspapers say lasted seven hours. Their gripe? They don’t want to