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Criticând cultul personalității: noi instrucțiuni pentru presa de partid, 2 iulie 1952
Criticizing the personality cult: recommendations for a decent press, July 2, 1952

Author(s): Elis Neagoe-Pleșa
Subject(s): Media studies, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, Source Material
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: recommendations; press; personality cult;

Summary/Abstract: On 2 July 1952, Gh. Gheorghiu-Dej called a meeting with the editors of local and central media in order to draw atention on exaggerations used by Romanian newspapers in order to reflect the personality cult of the Communist Party leaders, including himself. The criticism formulated by the secretary general, due mainly to the signals received from the paper “For lasting peace, for people democracy,” was limited to some outer aspects of the personality cult, whithout discussing fundamental issues.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2006
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 199-211
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian