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 takođe je podstaknuta poplavom nedavnih izveštaja u kojima je ismevana njegova ćerka Elena Bašesku, novoimenovana generalna sekretarka omladinske organizacije Liberalno demokratske stranke, zbog jezičkih grešaka koje je pravila tokom svojih govora.