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How does the content of the Chinese blog platform reach the domestic media

In its articles, the web portal Webtribune often conveys information from a Chinese blog where content can be published by anyone, thus presenting the blog as a credible media source. Readers reported several articles on Webtribune, which are based on using the same disinformation strategy of manipulative presentation of certain sources as official and credible, even though they are not....

There is not a Russian decision to “return” the NATO alliance to its borders from 1997

In their headlines, some web portals manipulatively presented the statement of a Russian deputy as an official decision of Russia. On May 15, 2022, Webtribune published an article with the title claiming that “Russia has decided” to return NATO to its borders from 1997: RUSSIA HAS DECIDED, AND THERE IS NO WAY BACK: We will return NATO to its borders from 1997 with...

The nuclear war put at the service of clicks and spreading fear

The potential use of nuclear weapons is often mentioned in the context of the war in Ukraine. As a rule, reporting on this topic is followed by sensationalist and manipulative headlines that try to attract clicks. Early in the morning on February 24, 2022, the Russian army attacked several cities in Ukraine, and since that moment, the media has been intensively reporting...

The first month of the invasion of Ukraine: Who disinformed us and how

During the mentioned period, pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian disinformation and incorrect narratives were noticed, with a significant difference that pro-Russians are far more centralized, organized, widespread and dangerous and use long-established structures for expansion in the region. An analysis of the available content indicates that pro-Ukrainian disinformation about the war arose ad hoc and recently, i.e., during the Russian invasion itself, and is...

Russia claims and Ukraine refutes: Whose announcements about the incident on the Russian border are more important for the domestic media?

A total of 37 websites from the region announced that Russia accused Ukraine of shelling Russian territory and that Ukraine denies responsibility. Some websites, 30 of them, on the other hand, completely left out Ukraine’s denials of these accusations.   In the days before Russia invaded Ukraine, media from across the region reported on events in eastern Ukraine, mostly sharing reports...

An old video used to present the landing of Russian troops in Ukraine

A video, shared on social networks and in articles on several websites, claims to show Russian paratroopers landing in Ukraine. The video, however, is from 2018. An article was published on the website Vecernje Novosti on February 24, 2022. It was entitled: RUSSIAN MILITARY PARATROOPERS LAND IN UKRAINE? Watch the video circulating on the networks (VIDEO) The article states that there is...

It is not true that Zelensky is currently out of the country

In a speech he delivered in the evening hours of February 24, 2022, the President of Ukraine refuted the claim that he had left the territory of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, the website Informer published an article with the title claiming that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky “is packing his suitcases for London”: WHEN YOU HAVE A COMEDIAN FOR...

It is not true that Macron is not in favor of sanctions against Russia

Russian state media Sputnik published a claim on its Serbian-language website that “France is in favor of dialogue”, while other EU leaders are “in favor of sanctions” against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. This is disinformation. Various boxes in a food basket and two flags on an abstract background, the concept of trade between France and Russia An article...

There is no evidence that the Ukrainian army used white phosphorus

On February 27, 2022, the website Sputnik published an article on the alleged use of banned ammunition in Ukraine. The article is entitled: Russian Ministry of Defense: Ukrainian forces use phosphorus ammunition According to the article, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that units of the Ukrainian army used ammunition filled with white phosphorus. The Ukrainian army, desperate...

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

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, some openly side with Russian war propaganda, promoting Putin’s claims about the “denazification” of Ukraine and the prevention of the alleged genocide in Donbas. In such reports,...

The photo of the injured woman was not taken in 2018

On February 26, 2022, the website of Alternative Television (ATV) published an article entitled: Putin is portrayed as Hitler, and four-year-old photographs are released to the public The article states that many fake videos and photos are misrepresented on social networks to show the conflict in Ukraine. An example is a photo of a woman whose head is covered in bandages. This photo...

For several months now, the media has been claiming that “the war is starting” in Ukraine

In their headlines, some media outlets have several times declared the “beginning of the war” in Ukraine.     For months, media from all over the world have been closely following the events in the increasingly tense relations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Large international media houses, as well as local media, report on this topic on a daily basis. As stated...

The flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is not the same as the flag of the Army of RBiH

On December 29, 2021, an article was published on the website of Alternative television regarding the misdemeanor warrants handed over to individuals who passed through East Sarajevo in a car with the flag of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The article incorrectly claims that the flag on the rear window of the car is, in fact, “the war flag of...

Sputnik on the High Representative: “A citizen” and “a German tourist”

On May 27, 2021, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) appointed Christian Schmidt as the new High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Republic of Srpska (RS), as well as many of its officials, have since tried to dispute his legitimacy and legality, refusing to recognize him as High Representative. The day after Schmidt’s appointment, on May 28,...

Constitution says one thing while the media say another: 500 articles on BiH “created in Dayton”

Incorrect interpretations of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina have become commonplace in articles in the domestic media, and in public appearances of politicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, the phrase that “the Dayton Agreement created a state union of BiH composed of two entities, the Republic of Srpska and the Federation of BiH” has been reappearing in public...

No, Christian Schmidt did not say that NATO troops should be sent to BiH

Reporting on an interview with Christian Schmidt, High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the website Novi Standard published an article on 19 December. The title of the article claims that Schmidt said that “NATO troops should be sent to BiH”: Schmidt: The decision of the Assembly of the Republic of Srpska is dangerous, send NATO troops...

Dodik “is grouping armed force” in Doboj only in clickbait titles

On December 8, 2021, the website Slobodna Bosna published an article entitled: DODIK IS GROUPING ARMED FORCE IN DOBOJ: Jerinic cedes land to RS MUP The article reports that the City of Doboj ceded the land to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska to build a facility for the accommodation of the Doboj Gendarmerie Unit. The Mayor of Doboj, Boris...

RTRS “alters” interlocutors’ statements: Dusanka Majkic did not use the term “civil war”

Delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PSBiH), Dusanka Majkic, was a guest on December 2, 2021, in the morning program of the public broadcaster of the Radio-Television of Republika Srpska (RTRS). During her visit, Majkic, among other things, spoke about Bakir Izetbegovic’s request that members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH)...

Christian Schmidt is not an “illegally elected” High Representative

When German politician Christian Schmidt took over as High Representative of the international community in Bosnia and Herzegovina in August 2021, a debate began in BiH and countries in the region on the legality and legitimacy of his appointment. The Republic of Srpska (RS) officials claim that Schmidt was illegally elected and refuse to recognize him as High Representative. Russia and China express the same view. In addition to...

A complex conspiracy theory about the alleged persecution and murder of Andreas Noack

The conspiracy theory about the alleged murder of the German chemist Andreas Noack attracted a lot of attention on social networks. Noack is said to have been killed for making his “discovery” of graphene hydroxide in Covid-19 vaccines public. He was reportedly killed by German police, while others say the circumstances have not yet been determined. On November 23, 2021, Andreas...