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Il partito organizza un dibattito in televisione.

Il partito organizza un dibattito in televisione.
The party organizes a debate on television.
From Lesson 175:Topic pronoun (ne)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Il partito organizza un dibattito in televisione.

Wait, isn't partito the past tense of the verb partire (to leave)?
It is! However, partito is also a standalone noun meaning a political party. If you are talking about a fun social gathering with cake and music, you would use la festa instead.
Why do we use the preposition in for 'on television' instead of a word for 'on' like su?
In Italian, the preposition in is conventionally used with broadcast media. You will always see in televisione (or in TV) and in radio when talking about something airing on these platforms.
Because a party is made up of many people, could I use the plural verb organizzano here?
No, you must use the singular organizza. Just like in standard American English, collective nouns in Italian (such as il partito, la famiglia, or il gruppo) are treated as grammatically singular.
Since our current lesson is about using ne to mean 'about it', how could I adapt this sentence to say 'The party discusses it on television'?
To use the topic-complement ne, you need a verb that connects to its topic using the preposition di (of/about). Instead of organizzare, you would use discutere (to discuss), which forms discutere di. You then drop the di and put ne before the verb: Il partito ne discute in televisione.

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