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Megatrend says once again “No college – no flight” and it is again manipulative 

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 24/06/2022 “No college – no flight” says the private Megatrend University in a new misleading advertising campaign for its College of Civil Aviation. By the way, Megatrend is known for its controversial ads (1, 2, 3), and almost four years ago, FN Tragac wrote about the claim that […]

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Secrets of Antarctica: gloves, souvenirs and restricted areas

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 21/06/2022 The content of a video from the YouTube account “Secret World”, which talks about the interesting things about Antarctica, was suspicious to one of our readers, who thought that some information from the video was incorrect. The editors of FakeNews Tragac contacted experts from the Australian Antarctic […]

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Monkeypox is not a “gay disease”, tabloids and RTV are spreading homophobia

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 25/05/2022 Some media in Serbia, but also in the world, seem to have welcomed the opportunity to use the current epidemic of monkeypox to spread homophobia. Considering that a significant number of patients who have been infected with this virus in the world come from the gay community, […]

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The fictitious doctor is advertising a medicinal product without a marketing authorization

Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 03/05/2022 According to the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, a non-existent doctor with the name ‘Pavla Rajher’ does not work at the Dermatology Clinic, she is not a dermatologist, and, based on data from the Slovenian Statistical Office, she is also not a resident of Slovenia.  “On average, people […]

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Student work hourly rate is not higher because of the current government

Original article (in Slovenian) was published on 07/02/2022 The Act Amending the Fiscal Balance Act, which requires the Minister of Labour to adjust the student work hourly rate against the minimum wage annually, was adopted by the previous government. On 21 January, the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) tweeted that the government led by Janez Janša […]

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The editor of Politika claims there is an “ethnic DNA” and a virus that attacks only Russians. What does science say?

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 11/03/2022 Commenting on recently published claims from Russia – that the Americans had laboratories in Ukraine in which they developed biological weapons, the editor of Politika, Bojan Bilbija, said that a special virus was being developed. The virus would “affect” only Russians because a part of DNA is […]

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Chain messages on Viber unnecessarily spread the fear of radiation

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 02/03/2022 The reader of FN Tragac contacted us with a request to determine the truth of the claims found in a chain message she received on several occasions via Viber. The suspicious message suggests that one should avoid going out because “radiation is increasing”. However, according to the […]

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“Ekspres vesti” and express conclusions: risks of Omicron infection in Germany  

Original article (in Serbian) was published on 19/02/202 The website Ekspres vesti recently published an article entitled “The truth hurts: 96% of Omicron cases in Germany have been fully vaccinated”. The text states that “in Germany, fully vaccinated people, even those who received the so-called ‘booster dose’, are predominantly infected with the Omicron variant of […]

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There is no Russia’s “counter-offensive” in Ukraine

Original article (in Bosnian) was published on 05/03/2022 Some media in their articles describe the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “counter-offensive”. Media from all over the world, including our region, are intensively reporting on the war in Ukraine. Some media try to report on the events responsibly, accurately and ethically. On the other hand, […]

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It is not true that the media ignore the evidence that vaccines kill because of the war in Ukraine

Original article (in Croatian) was published on 07/03/2022 The website Logicno.com “discovered” a pre-publication of the study by a doctoral student of political science Kyle Beattie and a text of entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, according to which “Vaccination increased mortality in Croatia by 43%, Serbia by 32%, BiH by 30%, Slovenia by 27%”. Counting the victims […]