Izvor: N1 televizija, 31.Okt.2018, 23:23 (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)
RWB and US Embassy condemn Belgrade weekly cover
The last issue of the Belgrade Ilustrovana Politika weekly triggered reactions from abroad on Wednesday, after the independent unions of journalists in Serbia and Vojvodina (NUNS and NDNV) said that the weekly cover page was “a call for lynching the independent media and journalists," the Beta news agency reported.
The headline reads “Dogs are at large,” and the unions have said on Tuesday that both the headline and the content of the article are equivalent to an open >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << hunt season on independent media.
“It is frightening that this weekly has been spreading hatred and intolerance by branding professional journalists traitors and foreign spies, thus drawing a target on their forehead,” the unions’ statement said.
It has added it is even more upsetting since the weekly is state-owned.
The Reporters Without Borders (RWB) or in French Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) condemned the hatred on call by “a pro-government newspaper against two independent outlets which are critical of the regime.
#RSF condemns the hate speech and verbal lynching deployed by the pro-government weekly @IlustrovanaP against 2independent Serbian magazines @NedeljnikVreme and @OnlineDanas, which are critical of the government. Its cover shows a dog with the caption, “the dogs are unleashed." pic.twitter.com/ZyafrvStFH
The US embassy to Serbia also commented the weekly’s article by quoting Thomas Jefferson’s words on media on its Twitter account.
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Thomas Jefferson https://t.co/XkJk9AVJqY
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Serbian president condemns weekly’s front page
Izvor: N1 televizija, 01.Nov.2018, 15:51
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic condemned Belgrade weekly Ilustrovana Politika for its front page featuring the headline The Dogs Have Been Unleashed which has been interpreted as an attack on independent media...“I saw the front page and as president of Serbia and an ordinary man I condemn it....
