"Populism and illiberal democracy in Romania: The role of media in the erosion of Romanian democracy". academos.ro. Retrieved 2019-05-13."Antena 3 is a constant and voracious supporter of PSD (Social Democrat Party), the current party in power, whose leader, Liviu Dragnea, a politician found guilty of abuse of office, allegedly tries to weaken the justice system and make it subservient to his and PSD’s interests. PSD’s crusade on the judiciary has caused massive street protests in Romania in the last two years. By offering PSD and Dragnea himself a platform to convey their message to the people, Antena 3 helps foster the populist discourse of this party and his leader, exploiting the lack of either legal provisions for or a self-regulated editorial independence."
"'Lack of ethics' most pressing challenge facing local media". business-review.eu. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 2019-05-13."The OSCE even names some TV outlets that it considers the worst offenders, such as Intact media group, which controls the most popular TV stations, including market-leader news channel Antena 3, owned by Dan Voiculescu, founder of the Conservative Party, part of the USL ruling coalition."
"Reporters Without Borders highlights erosion of media freedom in Romania". emerging-europe.com. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-13."Pro-government channels Romania TV and Antena 3 violated basic journalistic ethics in their coverage of protests in 2017 and 2018 by including false information designed to suggest, for example, that the Hungarian-born US billionaire philanthropist George Soros was behind the protests and that he tried to sway the outcome of the 2016 parliamentary elections."Romania TV is also behind a smear campaign against the effective anti-corruption unit, the DNA. The owner of Antena 3, Dan Voiculescu, is a convicted criminal, while the owner of Romania TV, Sebastian Ghita, is currently in Serbia awaiting extradition to Romania on a number of corruption charges."
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"Romania: The power of the media moguls". eurotopics.net. Retrieved 2019-05-13."Thanks to the anti-corruption campaign, a number of well-known media entrepreneurs have been brought to book in the meantime, including Dan Voiculescu, whose media trust Intact owns the private TV channel Antena 3. Voiculescu served nearly three years in prison for money laundering and fraud."
