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Although most journalists in the sample think “Political loyalty”is not important or “not important at all” there is a considerablecontingent that even thinks that political loyalty is “very important”for the editorial line <strong>of</strong> their paper. (Fig. 8) Taking intoaccount that some newspapers are owned by local politicians,mayors or founded in the forefront <strong>of</strong> elections, there is reasonto believe, that loyalty is indeed a common criteria in theRomanian print media.Good relations with the business community (%) Fig. 9123457,114,314,321,442,90 10 20 30 40 50Credibility and readership (%) Fig. 10123457,17,17,128,6500 10 20 30 40 50Service for civil society (%) Fig. 11135,7221,4328,6414,350 10 20 30 40 50COUNTRY REPORTS – ROMANIA 183