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Andrew Tate was not found because of pizza boxes and Greta Thunberg

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 12/01/2023 In reporting on Andrew Tate’s arrest, several local media reported that police had located him because of the writing on the pizza boxes. On December 30, 2022, the web portal Index published an article with the following title: Police found Tate thanks to Greta Thunberg and a […]

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Allegations of the Russian Ministry about 600 killed Ukrainians were presented as facts

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 16/01/2023 Several media reported that 600 members of the Ukrainian army were killed at the beginning of the year, stating that the source is the Russian Ministry of Defense, but without any indication that these are unconfirmed allegations that the Ukrainian side disputes. On January 8, 2023, the […]

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What did the children from Pancevo chant at the game in Sarajevo?

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 17/01/2023 The claim that children from Serbia sang “Who says that, who lies that Serbia is small” at a sports tournament held in Sarajevo became viral on social networks, but it is not true. On January 15, 2023, the Facebook profile of Alickovic Nihad posted a status claiming […]

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No, there is no “Serbian Gospel from the fifth century” in the National Museum of Ireland

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 09/01/2023 Web portal Balkan press recently published an article entitled “In Ireland, there is a ‘Serbian Gospel’ written at the end of the 5th century – in Serbian!”, with the claim that these “four Gospels” are kept in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. We decided to […]

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No, the vibrator was not invented to treat female hysteria

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 13/12/2022 In previous years, more than 20 media reported that the vibrator was created to treat hysterical women because orgasm – as stated – was then the “only cure” for hysteria. According to this theory, hysteria in women has been treated by masturbation since ancient times, but later […]

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The lifetime of carbon dioxide & the lifetime of pseudoscience

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 27/11/2022 At the beginning of this week, in the show “Aktuelnosti” on television with the national frequency Happy, the established topics were discussed – the war in Ukraine, geopolitics, the position of Serbia in the world… However, in addition to the many reports that concerned the war and […]

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Pink and Kurir presented a literary story about peer violence as a real event

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 06/12/2022 The web portals Kurir.rs and Pink.rs published the alleged “shocking confession” and “horrific case” of a boy who suffered peer violence. However, this is not a real case – the web portals copied the literary story “Six” written by Jelena Tasic, which was recently published in a […]

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One in 500 children hospitalised because of the Pfizer vaccine? Manipulation.

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/11/2022 The web portal Nulta tacka, known for spreading anti-vaxxer narrative, published an article titled “Study: One in every 500 young children who received the Pfizer vaccine was hospitalised”. The title, however, is manipulative – the study does exist, but it stated that out of 7,806 observed children […]

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The climate crisis is killing workers

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 02/12/2022 The climate crisis is a social crisis – this was said at the presentation of the first Croatian study on adapting workplaces to rising temperatures. SSSH and FES co-financed the study “Climate and work” as a basis for negotiations on the future of work. The climate crisis […]

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A video containing disinformation about Nikola Tesla’s inventions is spreading

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 29/11/2022 A video shared on Facebook falsely claims that Nikola Tesla discovered the secret of free energy, but the big powers have covered up his discovery. “Here in this video you will see why this is so and who is responsible for the hell on Earth in which […]