His criticism of the media was also triggered by a spate of recent reports that ridiculed his daughter, Elena Basescu, the newly appointed secretary-general of the Liberal Democrat party youth organisation, for language lapses she made during speeches.
Njegova kritika medija također je potaknuta poplavom nedavnih izvješća u kojima je ismijavana njegova kći, Elena Basescu, novoimenovana glavna tajnica mladeži Liberalno demokratske stranke, zbog jezičnih pogrešaka koje je činila tijekom svojih govora.