Man holding a newspaper. Image: Nicolas Alejandro/Flickr. Some rights reserved.Journalists in Romania failing to conform to pressure from private companies – and from advertisers demanding editorial control – face intimidation and risk losing their jobs, according to the latest reports on the country’s media.
With Romania’s cash-strapped private-sector media increasingly influenced by political interests, a Romanian media watchdog, ActiveWatch, has told openDemocracy that the situation has deteriorated to the point where the press risks becoming substantially financially controlled.
Mircea Toma, head of ActiveWatch, said: “we’ve put together a guide that shows from our press monitoring just how Romania’s media is being bought.”
