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Disinformation about the massacre at the “Vladislav Ribnikar” school

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 07/05/2023 Eight children and a school guard were killed on May 3 in the Belgrade elementary school “Vladislav Ribnikar”, and seven more people were injured. After the massacre, for which a thirteen-year-old student of that school is suspected, a high level of unprofessional reporting was observed in the […]

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The author confirmed: The study does not say that “massive deaths were caused by ventilators”

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 17/05/2023 Several web portals wrote about an American study that allegedly proves that “mass dying was not due to Covid but due to ventilators”. We contacted one of the authors of the study, in charge of communication, and he confirmed that this interpretation of the research results is […]

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“Serbia against violence” and tabloids against the truth, ethics, empathy

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 19/05/2023 After the unprecedented tragedies that shocked Serbia at the beginning of May, civil protests took place in several cities. According to the established pattern, the protests were followed by a series of disinformation about the participants, opposition politicians and the goal of the gathering in the pro-regime […]

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The violence shocked the region, but not the tabloids

The entire region was taken aback at the beginning of May, when two mass murders took place in Serbia, in which 17 people, including children, lost their lives. As if the shock was not enough, the media rubbed salt into the wound, as well as users of social networks, who resorted to sensationalism, bad journalistic […]

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A very creative biography of Petar Puaca – six clubs denied his allegations

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 01/04/2023 Petar Puaca is a former football player who has been exaggerating his biography in public appearances for years. He brags about how he played in the strongest leagues for several seasons, against the best players in the world. He then mentions his mandates in the French Nice […]

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No, the first touchscreen was not developed in Nis

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 20/04/2023 The daily Vecernje novosti published an article in its Easter issue under the title “The first touchscreen was developed in Nis 36 years ago”. In a touching story about the former Nis company “EI Televizori”, one of the engineers of the mentioned company, Zoran Stevanovic, recalls the […]

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Srpski telegraf about the “pact between Americans and Russians”: a false exclusive and the confession of the deceased

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 08/04/2023 On April 3, the daily Srpski telegraf published the “shocking truth after 28 years” on its front page, which refers to the “pact between the Americans and the Russians before the Storm”. According to this tabloid, Russian diplomat Leonid Kerestedzijanc “revealed previously unknown details about the collapse […]

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Conspiracy alert: Amber Alert conspiracy theory series 

At the beginning of the year, a new action dedicated to advocating for the introduction of the Amber Alert system in Serbia, which was initiated by Igor Juric and his Center for Missing and Abused Children, attracted a lot of public attention on social networks, and then in the media. Amber Alert is a system […]

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HAARP, geopolitics and other fantasies: What was made up about the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

The recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria has shown us that disinformation has no borders and that it spreads even in the most difficult moments of humanity. Although more than 50,000 people died, and everyone sent help as much as they could, not even 24 hours had passed since the disaster, and social networks were […]

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Marijana Gulan does not work for Barcelona’s La Masia academy either

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 07/03/2023 Arijana Gulan, along with Sasa Sredanovic, presented herself on national television as a sports psychologist at Barcelona’s La Masia academy. Tragac contacted Barcelona where they confirmed that she does not work there, while Gulan confirms for our web portal that she has never been to the La […]