{"id":12288,"date":"2026-02-08T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=12288"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:22:50","slug":"new-manipulations-in-the-morning-program-of-pink-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/new-manipulations-in-the-morning-program-of-pink-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"New Manipulations in the Morning Program of Pink TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Original article<\/a> (in Serbian) was published on 6\/2\/2026; Author: Teodora Koledin<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the morning program<\/a> of Pink Television<\/strong> on February 4, 2026, the President of the National Assembly and former Prime Minister Ana Brnabi\u0107<\/strong> was a guest. On that occasion, manipulations were presented regarding a statement by lawyer Bo\u017eo Prelevi\u0107<\/strong>, taken from the program Glas javnosti<\/a>, and a recently published study<\/a> on annual pensions and pensioners\u2019 expenses in Europe was also misleadingly interpreted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Bo\u017eo Prelevi\u0107\u2019s statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hosts of the show \u201cNovo jutro\u201d<\/strong>, Dejan Sarapa and Jovana Maksimovi\u0107, broadcast in the program a tendentiously edited clip of Bo\u017eo Prelevi\u0107 in which he says that \u201cJasenovac could only have happened where you did not defend your own citizens.\u201d Over the clip, they inserted the caption: \u201cblamed Serbs for Jasenovac.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former politician did indeed say that sentence, but his original statement was deliberately shortened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJasenovac is the consequence of two things: One sick Usta\u0161a mind \u2013 and not all Croats are Usta\u0161e; there were also Croats in Jasenovac, a small number but there were victims. That is one thing. The second thing: Jasenovac could only have happened where you did not defend your own citizens. Why didn\u2019t you defend your own citizens? Hey, brothers Serbs, why didn\u2019t you defend them? Why don\u2019t you defend Kosovo now?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After the video was aired, the President of the National Assembly Ana Brnabi\u0107<\/a> added that the policy of the \u201cblockaders\u201d is that \u201cSerbs, the Serbian people, are always to blame for everything, even when the worst monstrosities are committed against them.\u201d Brnabi\u0107 sarcastically added that \u201cit wasn\u2019t the Usta\u0161e who wanted to kill us, they weren\u2019t monsters, killers, butchers, executioners\u2026\u201d, and that they would not have been killers \u201cif we had defended ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, with his statement, Bo\u017eo Prelevi\u0107 did not deny the responsibility of the Usta\u0161a movement<\/strong> for the crimes committed in the Jasenovac camp. On the contrary, he first speaks about a \u201csick Usta\u0161a mind.\u201d The former Serbian prime minister further modifies the narrative by claiming that Prelevi\u0107 meant the Serbs (the victims of Jasenovac) when he asked, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you defend them,\u201d even though it is obvious from the context that he was referring to the Serbian power-holders of that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The manipulation claiming that Prelevi\u0107 said that Serbs, rather than the Usta\u0161e, were responsible for the suffering in Jasenovac was also reported by the media outlets b92<\/a>, NS U\u017eivo<\/a>, Novosti<\/a>, Alo<\/a>, Informer<\/a>, 24sedam<\/a>, and Republika<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are pensions in Serbia better than in Norway or Luxembourg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second manipulation concerns an arbitrary interpretation of data from a study<\/a> recently published by DataPulse, a studio focused on data-driven journalism. In a later post on X, Brnabi\u0107 confirmed<\/a> that she relied on these data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research compared annual pensioners\u2019 income with their annual expenses in 27 EU member states, Serbia, Montenegro, and Norway. Its results showed<\/a> that \u201cin some countries pensions approximately cover typical retirement costs, while in others a significant additional income is needed for the same lifestyle.\u201d The differences between income and expenses were expressed in percentages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Datapulse \u2013 https:\/\/www.datapulse.de\/en\/european-retirement-pension-gap\/<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brnabi\u0107 stated in the morning program that this ranking shows that Serbia is \u201cthe best in the region.\u201d However, the study cannot serve as valid evidence for that claim because it did not include several countries in the region \u2013 Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Albania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the former prime minister\u2019s claim that Serbia is \u201cbetter\u201d than Montenegro is also incorrect, since Montenegro is ranked above Serbia on the list with the same percentage of -25 percent. Brnabi\u0107 also stated that Serbia is \u201ceven better than Norway, better than Germany,\u201d as well as \u201cbetter than Luxembourg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first chart, these countries appear\u00a0below Serbia,\u00a0meaning t<\/span>heir state pensions cover a\u00a0smaller share <\/strong>of retirees\u2019 regular monthly expenses. However, there is an important \u201ccatch\u201d that the authors point out later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An important question is whether a so-called pension deficit automatically leads to poverty. The short answer: not necessarily. Although there is a pattern suggesting that the risk of poverty is generally lower in countries where pensions exceed expenses (and vice versa), there are also several exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the authors explain, \u201cin countries such as Norway, Slovakia, and Luxembourg, where state pensions do not fully cover living costs, the risk of poverty remains surprisingly low\u201d because \u201cin such systems the state pension is not designed to be the only source of income.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike in some other countries, these societies have developed secondary and tertiary systems, such as private savings or employer-provided pension schemes, which help retirees live comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, on the official website<\/a> of the Norwegian government, we can see that their pension system consists of three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The National Insurance Scheme<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Occupational (workplace) pensions provided by employers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Optional personal pension savings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The National Insurance Scheme is Norway\u2019s public pension system, covering everyone who lives or works in the country. The size of this pension is based on lifetime income and length of employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As for occupational pensions, all employees in the private sector are entitled to them, and the amount depends on the workplace and the employer\u2019s contract. Employees in the public sector are covered by a public occupational pension scheme that \u201cprovides a pension proportional to income during employment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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