Ion Cristoiu
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Ion Cristoiu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon krisˈtoju]; born 16 November 1948, Găgești, Vrancea County) is a conservative[1] Romanian journalist it is consider by some a controversial figure in the Romanian public due to his alleged involvement as informant of the Securitate. These allegations were never proven. He was editor-in-chief of the daily Evenimentul Zilei during its heyday in the 1990s, when the average daily circulation topped 600,000, making it the most read newspaper in Romania, after România liberă (circulation 1 million)[2] and one of the most read in Eastern Europe as well.[3] He also founded or played a major role at a number of the weekly publications during that era: Expres, Expres Magazin, and Zig-Zag. All these publications were highly critical of president Ion Iliescu.[2]
He was the anchor for the TV talk-show "Ultimul cuvânt" (The Last Word) for the Romanian private TV station B1 TV.
Collaboration with the Securitate
[edit]Romanian Senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor in 2008 alleged publicly that Cristoiu "was more than the caster, he was a source". The senator declared that Cristoiu snitched on him to the Securitate (Communist Romania's secret police) under the code name "Coroiu". Vadim said that this results from a tab of his Securitate file at the National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives.[4][5] Cristoiu is not on that list, so he doesn't have an index number as a collaborator.
Mădălin Hodor, a Romanian historian and researcher, gave an interview to the Newsweek Romania magazine in 2018, in which he spoke about the fact that the journalist is mentioned in documents from the archives of the former Securitate, as the "Coroiu" source.[4] But Cristoiu won the case in court.
According to The National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, Ion Cristoiu appears in the database both in the index of collaborators, in the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) file 41448, and in the Index of follow-ups, twice, as a writer, with a conspiratorial name TO "Coroiu", 1987, and as deputy editor-in-chief of Scânteia Tineretului, for the attention of SMB (Bucharest City Securitate), 1983, 1984[5] This is a list that can be updated, and Cristoiu is not on that list now.
The historian Marius Oprea confirmed the authenticity of the list published in Revista 22, but drew attention to the fact that the respective document represented a simple work list of the Securitate, which means that not all those who appear there were actually collaborators.[6] The documents were never made public.
References
[edit]- ^ "Ion Cristoiu: Iohannis a impus o atitudine de ură față de Biserică pentru a câștiga din electoratul USRPLUS" (in Romanian). Mediafax. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ a b Patrick H. O'Neil, Post-communism and the media in Eastern Europe, Routledge, 1997, ISBN 0-7146-4765-9, p. 109
- ^ (in French) Nicolas Pelissier, La Presse à Sensation en Roumanie: Miroir de la Décomposition Sociale ou Acteur de la Récomposition Économique? in Le nouveau paysage médiatique à l'Est, Volumes 32-33 of L'Autre Europe, Éditions L'Âge d'Homme, 1996, ISBN 2-8251-0638-0, p. 163
- ^ a b "Cristoiu a pierdut definitiv procesul cu istoricul Hodor, în scandalul "Coroiu" al Securității". Newsweek Romania (in Romanian). 30 November 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ a b "Relația cu Securitatea a lui Ion Cristoiu – nume conspirativ "Coroiu"". Newsweek Romania (in Romanian). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Pătrașcu, Sorana (2018-04-15). "Istoricul Marius Oprea intervine în scandalul Ioan Aurel Pop: "Revista 22 NU a demonstrat a fost omul Securității!"". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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