Censorship, cartelism, and oligarchy in the media. The competition between politics and the mass media. All these issues have been discussed upon during the debate organized by Jurnalul National on Wednesday night. INTEREST. Journalists, sociologists, politicians and analysts have attended the debate organized by Jurnalul National.

Censorship, cartelism, and oligarchy in the media. The competition between politics and the mass media. All these issues have been discussed upon during the debate organized by Jurnalul National on Wednesday night.

A Romanian premiere, a poll that emphasizes the political preferences of the journalists, the first one of this kind, made it possible for the media representatives and the important politicians to be face to face. President Traian Basescu, the Bucharest Mayor, Adriean Videanu, and leaders Emil Boc (DP), Marko Bella (DUHR), Dan Voiculescu (CP) and Mircea Geoana (SDP) have accepted the invitation from Jurnalul National to a confrontation with the journalists. The debate started from a question asked by Marius Tuca: is the media influenced by politics or the other way around. Mircea Geoana admitted there is an influence, and he referred to the moments in the past, when SDP (the Social Democratic Party) used to have the power and there was a "rough relationship" with the media because of an "interaction between the state publicity and a certain amount of <> from the journalists". Geoana showed that this, together with the leaders that thought they were irreplaceable, caused the "cold relationship" between the media and SDP, but he said he hoped for it to get warmer. What is the present situation according to the SDP leader? "We are facing a reorganization of the media in media cartels, generated and governed by very powerful and influential economical groups. The risk we could be facing in the next years, as far