Mircea Badea explained the origin of the term "oligarch", awarded to the businessman who over the years has made many business deals with the state.
"Two companies controlled by the Top 300 businessman are accused of sucking the profits out of the CFR. Two companies had deals with the CFR National Railways that received money illegally. I will review just a few headlines in the press. Here they refer to the DNA case file. A file that has been stopped. I am explaining here the oligarch quality that I attributed to Mr. Burci " Mircea Badea said.
"Today, Mr. Burci owns the Adevarul daily, Prima TV station, Dilemma and some other media trinkets. Adevarul is now a platform frequented by Mr. Traian Băsescu and Mrs. Kovesi. In think that, statistically speaking, if we consider the presence of the two over the last six months in it, it could be that they appeared many more times in Adevarul than on B1 TV "said Mircea Badea.
"The Adevarul website is now insolvent. When it comes to media, I think a healthy criterion is whether they produce their own money. Certainly Adevărul, just as Prima TV do not make money. Someone in this case meaning Burci, has to come each month with a pouch, or an account from which to pay his army of journalists, actors, so they would get their salaries. I give you an example. Mondenii, which has a small audience. I am not referring to the program’s quality, but strictly on ratings. It is impossible for them to cover all their ratings expenses. Mr. Burci comes and pours in money from collateral sources, to cover the difference, " Antena 3 producer says.
Mircea Badea presented the public information in the declaration of assets by Bogdan Oprea, who was on the payroll of "Adevarul ".
"Mr. Bogdan Oprea is the spokesman for the Presidency. He cashed in copyright benefits from Adevarul worth 28,000 euros, according to his declaration of assets. The amount in lei, 123,600 is included in his declaration of incomes. Bogdan Oprea is also a blogger for Adevarul. According to the archives he appears with four articles in the Adevarul website. He cashed in 28,000 euros perfectly legal. For four articles on the blog? "asked rhetorically the producer of the show "In the Press”.
Mircea Badea presented and commented, with Mihai Gadea and Adrian Ursu, a report made by a hidden camera immediately after the Revolution, by the American CBS television in the program "60 minutes", one of the most prestigious television productions overseas . It is an inquiry about the selling of children from Romania, through various intermediaries, to American citizens. Sales, not adoption. Among these intermediaries a certain Cristian is included. A "baby broker", as named by the American journalists.