In the debates of June 8, 2018 held as part of the talk show “Key issue” on NTV Moldova channel, it was seen what can happen when some of the invitees assume several roles, of politicians, analysts and propagandists. Chaos appears! It is hard to believe that the TV viewers like watching such programs. The protagonists with multiple identities deliberately mix up, for other reasons, the real facts with the imaginary ones and with the own intentions to serve the party of which they form part to the detriment of the political opponents.

After such debates the TV viewers need clarification to understand where the truth lies and how this is distorted. Evidently, initially the citizens should understand the real identity of those with multiple identities. In our case, it is about a Socialist MP whose party begins its electoral program like this: “The Socialist idea whose roots can be found in the Holy Scripture...”?! It is an interesting start that promises that the whole activity of the given party and its adherents should be lit by the Holy Scripture. If so, the party’s representatives should permanently remember the Holy Scripture’s calls, including to protect the people from false prophets, and should primarily make sure they do not become false prophets themselves. The formula for identifying these is as simple as the truth – you will know them by their fruits.

So, let’s examine the assertions and the states of fact. Let’s take for example the affirmation made by Socialist MP Bogdan Tirdea in the debate: Andrei Nastase’s victory in the new mayoral elections in Chisinau wouldn’t have been possible without the support of the Democratic Party. Now we can see how things stand in reality. The facts ascertained based on the findings of the Broadcasting Coordination Council show that in the news items about the election campaign, the five TV channels affiliated to the Democratic Party presented Andrei Nastase in a positive light for 67 seconds, while in a negative light for 3,627 seconds. On the other hand, the Socialist candidate Ion Ceban, on the same five TV channels, was presented in a positive light for 423 seconds, while in a negative light for 163 seconds.

So, the real data show that Andrei Nastase was presented negatively on the Democratic media holding  about 50 times more than positively. The Socialist candidate was shown in a positive light about three times more than in a negative light. Nevertheless, the Socialist politician has premonitions for the future that run counter to this reality: in the parliamentary elections of November 2018 Andrei Nastase will form an alliance with the PDM, he stated. The logic he imposed on the TV viewers is clear: if Andrei Nastase was supported by the PDM to win the mayoralty, Nastase will form a coalition with his “benefactor”. But the aforementioned figures actually show who enjoyed the Democrats’ support and who could form an alliance with the Democrats in the parliamentary elections.

This sample of logic and analytical capacity is not the only one. For example, the same Socialist politician tried to persuade the public in an analytical-suggestive way that Andrei Nastase is doomed to lose the electoral competition to Ion Ceban. Here is the logical chain: in 2003, candidate Zgardan didn’t take part in debates with Urechean and thus lost; in 2007, Iordan didn’t take part in debates with Chirtoaca and lost; in 2015, Grecheanyi didn’t take part in debates with Chirtoaca and lost; in 2018, Silvia Radu didn’t take part in debates and lost; in the mayoral runoffs Nastase avoided debates with Ceban. How do you think, what the final will be?

A funny, but very suggestive logical construction. But the suggestion turned out to be unfounded. The point is that the Socialist politician and analyst dropped, probably intentionally, a fundamental element from the logical chain and therefore appeared finally as an ordinary propagandist. He omitted the electoral debates of 2011, when candidate Igor Dodon, who was then Communist and later became a Socialist, took part in debates with Dorin Chirtoaca and ... lost. Such disservice is done to their beloved parties by persons who assume several roles and mix up politics, analysis and propaganda. 

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