{"id":10890,"date":"2026-02-20T15:19:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/?p=10890"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:01","slug":"834-verbal-attacks-by-public-officials-against-journalists-and-media-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/en\/834-verbal-attacks-by-public-officials-against-journalists-and-media-in-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"834 Verbal Attacks by Public Officials Against Journalists and Media in Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20th of February, 2026<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>From 1 August 2025 to 31 January this year, the Slavko \u0106uruvija Foundation recorded at least 834 verbal attacks by senior public officials against critically oriented journalists and media outlets in Serbia. At least 64 officials took part in daily insults, discrediting campaigns and baseless accusations targeting journalists and the media. The most frequent attacker was Neboj\u0161a Bakarec, who verbally targeted journalists and media outlets at least 214 times, accounting for a quarter of all recorded attacks. He was followed by Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) MP Vladimir \u0110ukanovi\u0107, President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, SNS MP Milenko Jovanov, Speaker of Parliament Ana Brnabi\u0107, and SNS President Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107. The most common targets were media outlets labelled by officials as \u201c\u0160olak\u2019s media\u201d, primarily N1 and Nova S.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is virtually no branch of government whose representatives were not involved in targeting journalists, from SNS MPs, who overwhelmingly led the attacks during parliamentary debates and on their social media accounts, to the leadership of the National Assembly, government ministers, and ultimately the President of the Republic himself. Over the past six months alone, at least 64 public officials took part in these attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsects\u201d, \u201cliars\u201d, \u201cdrug addicts\u201d, \u201cnon-humans\u201d, \u201cterrorists\u201d, \u201cfascists\u201d, \u201cNazis\u201d, \u201ctraitors\u201d, and \u201clunatics\u201d were just some of the labels used by state officials to describe journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The dominant narratives in these verbal attacks centred on discrediting journalists and media outlets by questioning their professionalism, independence and ethics, alongside dehumanisation, insults, branding journalists as traitors and foreign mercenaries, and even comparing them to fascists.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly dangerous narratives over the past six months involved the criminalisation of journalists and media outlets, with public officials accusing certain newsrooms of inciting the most serious criminal offences, encouraging a violent overthrow of the government and bloodshed in the streets, and even preparing the media ground for Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s assassination. At the same time, officials were calling on the prosecution authorities to take action against them.<\/p>\n<p>The undisputed leader in the number of attacks, <strong>Neboj\u0161a Bakarec<\/strong>, insulted, accused and discredited media outlets at least 214 times. He referred to N1 and Nova S as \u201cfilthy\u201d, \u201cvillains\u201d, \u201cwretches\u201d, \u201canti-Serbian propaganda outlets\u201d, \u201cNazis\u201d and \u201cmedia trash\u201d, called the daily Danas a \u201ctoiletloid\u201d, and described RTS journalists as \u201cscumbags\u201d. He spared neither words nor emojis, repeating the same insults on Instagram and Twitter\/X, in columns for Informer, in articles published on his own website, and during television appearances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-1-750x563.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In September, Bakarec even accused N1 employees of attempted murder. \u201cN1 TV has started killing! An N1 vehicle deliberately hit a police officer on a motorcycle,\u201d Bakarec wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the incident involved an N1 driver making a U-turn and knocking over a police officer on a motorcycle, as confirmed by street surveillance footage. In a statement, the newsroom expressed regret over the incident and wished the officer a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-3-750x563.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was followed by <strong>Vladimir \u0110ukanovi\u0107<\/strong>, with 114 verbal attacks over the previous six months, using similar rhetoric, albeit in a somewhat more restrained tone. Among the phrases he used were: \u201c\u0160olak\u2019s propaganda outlets\u201d, \u201cKRIK, a mouthpiece for Western agencies\u201d, and \u201cthe disgusting communist RTS\u201d. Danas editor Dra\u017ea Petrovi\u0107 was described as \u201cthe unfortunate Dra\u017ea Petrovi\u0107, once a fervent Chetnik and now an ANTIFA beginner\u201d, while N1 journalist <strong>Ana Novakovi\u0107<\/strong> was labelled a \u201cfake journalist\u201d. Commenting on an article by <strong>Sne\u017eana \u010congradin<\/strong> published in Danas, \u0110ukanovi\u0107 wrote in October that it \u201cshould be analysed by a psychiatrist\u201d, suggesting that the journalist should be institutionalised in a psychiatric hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Although insults were the most common form of attack, somewhat less frequent &#8211; but potentially far more dangerous &#8211; were accusations that critically oriented media outlets were effectively outposts of foreign intelligence services working to overthrow the government. Such criminalising rhetoric also came on several occasions from the country\u2019s most powerful officials, including President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and President of Parliament Ana Brnabi\u0107. Together, the two targeted media outlets verbally 178 times, on average almost every day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107<\/strong> targeted journalists and media outlets at least 105 times through public statements, television appearances, Instagram posts and press conferences. Although his language was formally more restrained, the messages conveyed were similar. Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s rhetoric tended to be more cynical, frequently referring to \u201ccertain media\u201d, \u201c\u0160olak\u2019s media\u201d, \u201cliberal-anarchist\u201d, \u201cfake\u201d, \u201coccupation\u201d and \u201ccriminal\u201d media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>From his position as the country\u2019s de facto most powerful figure, the President repeatedly accused media outlets of undermining the constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cN1 and Nova S have an agenda aimed at overthrowing the state,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 said, before later, in September, openly calling on the prosecution authorities to take action against undesirable media outlets, while warning that the authorities would otherwise \u201cdeal with\u201d the judiciary themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI have a question for our prosecutors \u2013 how long will they keep pretending to be na\u00efve and fail to see what certain media platforms are doing by directly calling for lynching and confrontation with state institutions? I must say that I am waiting for a reaction from the prosecution. If there is none, we will have to undertake more serious measures at the state level, both regarding the prosecution and the judiciary\u201d<\/strong>, Vu\u010di\u0107 said.<\/p>\n<p>President of Parliament <strong>Ana Brnabi\u0107<\/strong> used similar rhetoric, accusing \u201cthe blockaders\u201d and the \u201cblockader \u0160olak media\u201d of being responsible \u201cfor the riots and smashed heads\u201d during protests. In October, she described them as \u201cextremists\u201d advocating the violent overthrow of the government and, following Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s example, called on the prosecution authorities to react.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/www.slavkocuruvijafondacija.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ked-2-750x563.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey advocate violence in the streets solely because it is in the business interest of the man who pays them \u2014 Dragan \u0160olak\u201d, the Presdient of Parliament said. \u201cAfter such open calls for violence and the violent overthrow of the constitutional order, where is the prosecution, where are the institutions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hand in hand with such labels came accusations from other state officials that critically oriented media outlets were effectively acting as outposts of foreign intelligence services, poisoning the public with lies and working to overthrow the government.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the Foundation recorded at least 97 attacks by SNS MP <strong>Milenko Jovanov<\/strong>, at least 73 by President of Parliament <strong>Ana Brnabi\u0107<\/strong>, while SNS President <strong>Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107<\/strong> attacked the media 51 times. In total, at least 64 public officials took part in these attacks.<\/p>\n<p>N1 was directly targeted at least 220 times, while Nova and Nova S were targeted at least 130 times, making them the media outlets most consistently subjected to attacks on an almost daily basis. Other frequent targets included Danas, Radar, Vreme and RTS, while some outlets were attacked more sporadically, including KRIK, CINS, KTV Zrenjanin etc.<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets were not the only targets &#8211; individual journalists were targeted as well. N1 journalist <strong>\u017daklina Tatalovi\u0107<\/strong> was the journalist most frequently dragged through the mud by public officials, primarily on social media, where they sought to discredit her work. Insults were also directed at Dinko Gruhonji\u0107, journalist Sanja Eker and Slobodan Georgiev. We recorded at least forty targeted journalists and media workers, the vast majority of whom work for N1, Nova, Nova S, Danas, Radar and Vreme. They include <strong>Ana Novakovi\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Danica Vu\u010deni\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Dra\u017ea Petrovi\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Filip \u0160varm<\/strong>, <strong>Igor Bo\u017ei\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Jelena Obu\u0107ina<\/strong>, <strong>Marina Fratucan<\/strong>, <strong>Mladen Savatovi\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Nikola Radi\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Zoran Kesi\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Vuk Cviji\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>\u017deljko Veljkovi\u0107<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n<p>It should also be noted that the figure of 834 verbal attacks represents only the minimum identified through the application of a predefined methodology limited by the resources available to us. The overall number of attacks is significantly higher. The monitoring covered a limited sample of media outlets and actors, including officials\u2019 social media accounts and public appearances by those who stood out for repeatedly targeting journalists, parliamentary sessions, and the online portals of the tabloids Informer, Alo and Telegraf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20th of February, 2026 From 1 August 2025 to 31 January this year, the Slavko \u0106uruvija Foundation recorded at least 834 verbal attacks by senior public officials against critically oriented journalists and media outlets in Serbia. At least 64 officials took part in daily insults, discrediting campaigns and baseless accusations targeting journalists and the media. 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