Throughout its existence, Antena 3 has been criticized and fined for misinformation, manipulation and partisanship in relation to Romanian politics. In a December 2018 article, the international organization
Reporters Without Borders opined that Antena 3 is being used as a tool for media propaganda while expressing concern about the sharp decline in press freedom in Romania. However, since 2016, some of their programmes have broadcast Fox News news materials, reports about possible political implications of
George Soros in civic movements, funded NGO's and protests in Romania and most of their head anchors showed support and sympathy during the
2016 U.S. elections to candidate and former U.S. President
Donald Trump, holding generally a right-wing like attitude in these topic, even though their channel is against most right-wing political parties in Romania, except for ALDE. The channel is widely viewed as untrustworthy. It recently showed a
soft-eurosceptic attitude after heads of the European Commission cautioned and criticised the Romanian government for the penal code modifications which might affect the rule of law in Romania, but generally swings after
Jean Claude Juncker's positive view of Romania entering the
Schengen area and after saying that "Romania is ready to take the
presidency of the EU Council", that contradicts Iohannis' negative remarks that "the Romanian government is not ready to take the responsibility of the presidency". == References ==