These Amateur Fact-Checkers Took on Their Country’s Lying Politicians
After a consolidation of power in Romania, politicos thought they could get away with anything. These outraged citizens thought otherwise.
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When the results of the 2012 parliamentary election in Romania came in, Alexandru Roșu was flabbergasted. On that snowy December election night, he and a group of political activists were chatting and drinking spiked punch in an old freezing squat house in the center of Bucharest, the Romanian capital. When the news was projected onto a big screen, there was a moment of stunned silence.
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