Informer (newspaper)

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Informer
File:Informer Cover.jpg
The front page on 22 February 2022 proclaiming "Ukraine has attacked Russia"
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Insajder tim
EditorDragan J. Vučićević
Founded10 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-10)[1]
Political alignment
HeadquartersTerazije 5/7, Belgrade, Serbia
CountrySerbia
Circulation~102,000 copies distributed (claimed, 2016)
Websiteinformer.rs

Informer is a Serbian tabloid newspaper based in Belgrade. It is known for its political bias in favor of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its sensationalist stories.[7][8][9] The newspaper has been accused of spreading disinformation[10] and sensationalism.[11][12] As of 2016, it claims without documentation to be the highest-circulation daily in Serbia, alleging over 100,000 copies distributed daily. The newspaper addresses politics, regional and world news, popular culture, health, and sports. It practices yellow journalism. It is notorious[13][14] for publishing false information,[11][12][15] as well as for insulting and discrediting President Aleksandar Vučić's political opponents.[2] It publishes articles with chauvinist and sexist biases.[16][17][18][19]

Controversies

In 2019, EU vs Disinformation reported that Informer was one of the foremost Serbian sources of false narratives and warmongering in 2018.[20] According to Serbian investigative journalism portal Crime and Corruption Reporting Network, more than 700 fake news items were published on the front pages of pro-government tabloids during 2018, led by Informer.[21][22] Many decried invented attacks on Aleksandar Vučić or attempted coups, as well as supposed messages of support from Russian president Vladimir Putin.[22] In 2020, Twitter shut down a network of 8,500 bots that spammed 43 million tweets; the bots fawned over President Vučić and his party, boosted pro-Vučić content, and attacked his political opponents;[23] Informer links were among the most frequently spammed.[23] On 22 February 2022, two days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Informer published a large headline saying that "Ukraine has attacked Russia".[24] In late September 2022, Informer published an interview with a serial rapist Igor Milošević, who had just been released after having served 15 years in prison.[25] Milošević sent messages to women of Serbia which were widely seen as controversial and that led to citizens' protests, during which Informer's editor-in-chief Dragan J. Vučićević was physically attacked.[26]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Objavljen prvi broj dnevnika – 'Informer'". informer.rs. MONDO. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Komunikacije, Neomedia. "Razgovor s vlasnikom Informera, najzloćudnijeg tabloida Balkana: Vučićeviću, jeste li vi budala? / Novi list". novilist.hr (in hrvatski). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Draskovic, Brankica; Prodanovic, Dragana; Pavkov, Ksenija (2016). "Anti-European discourse and negative image of the European Union in the Serbian media". CM: Communication and Media. 11 (38): 19–39. doi:10.5937/comman11-11847. ISSN 2466-541X.
  4. ↑ Janjić, Stefan; Šovanec, Stefani (2018). "Announcements of war on the front pages of serbian tabloids". CM: Communication and Media. 13 (43): 49–67. doi:10.5937/comman13-14543. ISSN 2466-541X.
  5. ↑ Potka srpskog identiteta : antizapadnjaštvo, rusofilistvo, tradicionalizam ... Sonja Biserko. Beograd. 2016. ISBN 978-86-7208-202-9. OCLC 961214498.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ↑ "Slobodan Antonić: Vučić kao politički Don Žuan, ili kako istovremeno obezbediti podršku i Informera i E-novina". Nova srpska politička misao (in српски / srpski). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Belgrade court fines editor of pro-government tabloid". N1 (in српски / srpski). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Spaic, Igor. "Serbia: Government-Friendly Tabloid Continues Attacking Independent Media". www.occrp.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "BIRN Editor Wins Case Against Serbian Pro-Govt Tabloid". Balkan Insight. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. ↑ Communication and Media (in српски / srpski). Belgrade: Communication Direction Institute; Faculty of Political Sciences. 2018. ISSN 2466-5452.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "U.S. ambassador dubs pro-regime tabloid Informer scum – Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija". Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "IZ BEOGRADA PERO ZLATAR Kako je naša predsjednica postala Diamond Fox u srpskom Informeru". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Serbia Tabloid Targets BIRN, Other Media, as 'Mercenaries'". Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "Vlasnik najtiražnijih novina u Srbiji: Svi smo mi Šešelj" (in hrvatski). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  15. ↑ ""Informer" mora da plati 150.000 dinara uredniku KRIK-a". N1 Srbija (in српски / srpski). Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "GOVOR MRŽNJE: "Šiptarske svinjarije" u obradi "Informera"". portalanalitika.me (in bosanski). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Ko s Informerom tikve sadi". Dnevni list Danas (in српски / srpski). 17 November 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "e-novine.com – Proterajte Sonju Biserko iz Srbije". e-novine.com (in српски / srpski). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  19. ↑ "NUNS: Šovinističko denunciranje Dinka Gruhonjića | Cenzolovka". Cenzolovka (in српски / srpski). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "700 False News Stories In Serbian Tabloids In 2018". EU vs DISINFORMATION. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  21. ↑ "700 false news stories in Serbian tabloids in 2018". Stop Fake. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Više od 700 laži na naslovnim stranama tri tabloida u 2018. godini". Crime and Corruption Reporting Network. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Bush, Daniel (2 April 2020). ""Fighting Like a Lion for Serbia": An Analysis of Government-Linked Influence Operations in Serbia" (PDF). Stanford University.
  24. ↑ "Joseph: Vučićeva šarada navodnog balansa između Istoka i Zapada". balkans.aljazeera.net (in bosanski). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  25. ↑ Srbija, Euronews (28 September 2022). "Protest zbog objavljivanja intervjua sa silovateljem: Glavni urednik "Informera" objavio da je napadnut". Euronews.rs (in српски / srpski). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  26. ↑ "Jedna od demonstrantkinja na protestu ispred Informera šutnula Vučićevića". N1 (in српски / srpski). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

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