▁Pop es cu , ▁whom ▁she ▁sees ▁as ▁" a ▁journal istic ▁icon ". ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁transition , ▁Pet cu ▁ass essed ▁the ▁new ▁A dev ăr ul ▁ag enda ▁as ▁one ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁social ▁justice , ▁social ▁security ▁and ▁" fast ▁priv at ization ▁that ▁would ▁avoid ▁massive ▁un emp loyment ". ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁panel ists ▁also ▁threw ▁their ▁support ▁behind ▁European ▁integration , ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁political ▁orientation ▁illustrated ▁by ▁Ch ire ac ' s ▁talk ▁show ▁on ▁Pro ▁TV ▁station , ▁titled ▁Pro ▁V est ▁(" Pro ▁West "). ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Pop es cu ▁was ▁a ▁co - found er ▁and , ▁after ▁Româ nia ▁Liber ă ▁editor ▁Pet re ▁Mih ai ▁B ă can u ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁race , ▁first ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Press ▁Club , ▁a ▁professional ▁association ▁whose ▁mission ▁was ▁setting ▁eth ical ▁standards ▁in ▁journal ism . ▁ ▁Despite ▁such ▁gest ures , ▁the ▁paper ▁continued ▁to ▁with stand ▁accus ations ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁itself ▁un prof essional . ▁Ul man u ▁argued ▁that ▁both ▁A dev ăr ul ▁and ▁its ▁smaller ▁compet itor ▁Cur ent ul ▁were ▁examples ▁of ▁press ▁st riv ing ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁" high ▁quality ", ▁but ▁noted : ▁" However , ▁one ▁can ▁still ▁find ▁bi ased , ▁un prof essional ▁or ▁sens ational ist ▁reporting ▁in ▁these ▁papers ." ▁Dis put es ▁also ▁surr ound ▁its ▁political ▁ag enda