{"id":10884,"date":"2025-03-21T14:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=10884"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:17:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:17:50","slug":"informer-once-again-manipulates-rtls-video-falsely-accusing-croats-of-calling-for-october-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/informer-once-again-manipulates-rtls-video-falsely-accusing-croats-of-calling-for-october-5th\/","title":{"rendered":"Informer Once Again Manipulates Rtl\u2019s Video, Falsely Accusing Croats of Calling for October 5th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Original article<\/em><\/a> (in Serbian) was published on 18\/3\/2025; Author: Milica Ljubi\u010di\u0107<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Almost every protest or political crisis in the country in recent years has often been accompanied by tabloid narratives claiming that Croats are behind them or that their goal is to overthrow the government in Serbia. Similar accusations are being repeated during the current student blockades of faculties. This time, Informer used a report from Croatia’s RTL about the March 15 protests in Belgrade as \u201cevidence\u201d. The original report discusses the scale of the protests, analyzes their potential further development, and compares them to the changes of October 5, while highlighting key differences. However, Informer selectively extracted only the segments from the five-minute video that mention the possibility of a change in government and the comparison to October 5, while omitting parts that provide context and emphasize the scale of the protests. Additionally, the tabloid manipulated the content by adding a sinister musical background that creates an atmosphere of tension, something that does not exist in the original RTL report.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even four months into the faculty blockades in Serbia, tabloids continue to search for \u201cculprits\u201d, frequently blaming individuals or neighboring countries for orchestrating the blockades and allegedly calling for the overthrow of Aleksandar Vucic. For some pro-regime media, Croats are often seen as the frequent \u201cculprits\u201d for everything happening in Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the web portal Informer<\/a> published an article of only seven sentences, in which the headline accuses Croats of \u201cpublicly calling for an October 5th scenario!\u201d and allegedly \u201cdemanding the violent overthrow of Vucic\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the main \u201cevidence\u201d of this alleged call for Vucic\u2019s overthrow, the tabloid published a manipulatively edited two-minute video composed of excerpts from a report on the student protest in Belgrade on March 15, which was broadcast on Croatia\u2019s RTL in the show Direkt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informer selectively extracted only the segments from RTL\u2019s five-minute video<\/a> where the journalist questions the possibility of a change in government in Serbia and compares the current blockades to October 5, while omitting parts that provide context and emphasize the scale of the protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, Informer omitted the beginning of the report prepared by journalist Petar Panjkota, which showed the mass turnout of the March 15 protest in Belgrade, using drone footage accompanied by the EKV song Zemlja za nas, while the journalist stated that it was the largest protest in Serbia\u2019s history. Also left out was the part listing all the foreign media that reported on the protest and mentioning that the students received support from Manu Chao, Madonna, and Severina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tabloid also avoided publishing statements from two protest participants who expressed their opinions, that all of this brings hope for change, that justice will come to light, and that they want fair and honest elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informer further omitted the part of the report in which a female student told RTL that \u201cSaturday is definitely not D-Day, the struggle continues until the demands are met\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RTL journalist concluded his report with a question about whether the same protest would take place on April 15 and whether the main slogan would remain \u201cPumpaj\u201d. He then mentioned the so-called \u201cstudents\u201d who stayed in Pionirski Park, demanding to return to faculties, while also providing context for the origin of the term \u201ccaci\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The journalist also pointed out that the camp in Pionirski Park was named Cacilend and that, in addition to paid extras, hooligans and tractors were brought in. Finally, he noted that \u201cthe risk of violence is increasing. And for many, confirmation of this came on Saturday at 7:11 PM\u201d. At that moment, the video showed people in Kralja Milana Street running and splitting into two groups after an incident with an unsettling noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of this was visible in the video published on Informer\u2019s web portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To further enhance the maliciousness of RTL\u2019s report, Informer added an ominous musical background to its video, something that does not exist at any point in the original RTL report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does Informer base its claims on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Informer took only the parts of RTL\u2019s report that could, in some way, cast doubt on the ongoing protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claims of an alleged call for Vucic\u2019s overthrow were largely based on statements made by former Deputy Prime Minister in Djindjic\u2019s government, Zarko Korac, who stated in RTL\u2019s report that \u201cpolitical demands are necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter all, everyone who welcomed the students, everywhere, preparing food for them, know that this is a protest against Vucic\u201d. At this point, Informer cut off Korac\u2019s statement, omitting the part where he added: \u201cAnd that his government is responsible for corruption and the collapse of that canopy. So now it will be interesting to see what the students will say\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Informer included Korac\u2019s later statement from the report, in which he said that \u201cthis (the protest) cannot go on indefinitely\u201d and that \u201can incident will happen\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople will get tired and will have had enough of this government\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, recalling the October 5 civil protests that led to Slobodan Milosevic acknowledging his electoral defeat, asking what would happen next, and pointing out the differences between the October 5 protests and the current ones were reasons which Informer used to manipulatively claim that Croats are calling for October 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Raskrinkavanje.me<\/a> confirmed that Croats did not call for the violent overthrow of Vucic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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