ABSTRACT
It cannot be said that the authorities had the unconditional support of the "democratic" mass media, even during the events of 1993. Despite the existence of subsidies, relations between the regime and the press at the dawn of the Second Republic did not amount to the purchase of support, but to partnership. This partnership was defined above all by the fact that the directors of the "democratic" publications felt a sense of participation in the formulating of the policy of democratic market reforms, and hence actively supported these reforms and propagandized in their favor. Fear of revenge from the former owners no doubt facilitated the adoption of firm anti-communist positions. The press was obliged to the new political regime for its very existence as an independent institution, as well as for its popularity and influence, not to mention the privatization of the publications.
