I"ve been told Ogică, the domestically notorious winner of the Romanian lottery, went to some Romaniana village, entered the home of a family, with the daughter-in-law accusing her mother-in-law that she had buried a man in her yard, and broadcasted live for Romanian TV station OTV the family in question their yard to find the body.

My office colleague who told me the story, said she was busy in the kitchen and that when she got back, Ogică was describing how they had just found two bricks in the hole.

The potatoes were at risk getting burned, so she rushed to turn off the gas cooker.

When she got back, the family was piling up on Ogică - the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law were punching him in the head.

I"m trying to understand OTV"s guiding principles.

I"m reading on YouTube some headlines from OTV: "The Sexy Broad from Brăila turned into a hooker", "Babysitter falls for Ogică", but the one that tops it all off is, "Pamela dances to uncover the murderer".

People vilifying OTV, including Puya, Kamelia and George Hora with their chorus ("I can change the world"), should really stop and think for a minute.

Please compare "Pamela dances to help uncover the murderer" with "The negotiations with the IMF end in tragedy: it"s not just the VAT that will be increased, but the flat tax rate as well".

Can you spot the difference?

Of course not, there isn"t any.

The only difference is the fact that OTV is well known for broadcasting trash, whereas the second headline appeared in a financial daily with claims of respectability.

Which at least proves that OTV is honest.

And demonstrates more professionalism.

With just two exceptions - BURSA and "Adevărul financiar" - the entire media yesterday got involved in the hysteria around the so-called "imminent" increase of the VAT and of the tax rat