She started in journalism at 16 and decided this was something she would pursue long-term. Became a media tycoon at 23, when she founded Info Sud-Est. Since 2018, she’s been an editor at G4Media. She mentors journalism students to make sure someone will still write news items when’s she’s old. To save on heating, she took in three stray tomcats.
The attack on Iran by the United States and Israel has led to the outbreak of World War III, according to a false narrative circulating widely online in Romania. It was promoted by the extremist MEP Diana Șoșoacă in a TikTok post that had 1.7 million views and nearly 17,000 shares. In reality, the conflict is regional, and even in that area there have been other conflicts that have attracted more international players without becoming "world" events.
A wave of social media posts amplified within “sovereignist”, pro-Russian and far-left “bubbles” portray Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as an example of morality, a feminist (!!!) and a patriot who chose, with dignity, to become a martyr for his people. In fact, Khamenei was one of the bloodiest dictators of recent decades, and his policies turned Iran into an international pariah and caused a deep economic crisis.
A March 2024 study suggests that the HPV vaccine causes autoimmune diseases, according to a narrative launched by the American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s portal, infowars.com, which was picked up in Romania by activenews.ro, an online publication with an anti-vaccination rhetoric.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was allegedly involved in the network trafficking minors coordinated by American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to a narrative carried by Russian state media and subsequently picked up in Romania. In fact, although Zelenskyy's name is mentioned a few times in the Epstein archives, nothing suggests his involvement in human trafficking.
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan is allegedly mocking Romanians by wearing a luxury watch, according to a false narrative spread by Anca Alexandrescu and Realitatea Plus. This narrative persisted even after Bolojan showed reporters that his watch actually costs only a few hundred Euro. As this false narrative snowballed into public space, it changed, and the watch’s supposed value jumped from "tens of thousands of Euro" to as much as €200,000.
Lawyer Adriana Georgescu, caught red-handed while taking a 60,000 Euro bribe, holds positions in the PNL and is close to Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and President Nicușor Dan, according to a false narrative spread by the media that frequently promotes fake news and disinformation related to conspiracy theories and sovereignty.