Every morning last year, citizens woke up to headlines that introduced them to the black and white world. In that world, Aleksandar Vučić was a tireless fighter for Serbia, the opposition is dangerous and treacherous, while mostly everything that came from the West was deceptive. This was the "reality" created by Serbian tabloids day after day in 2024.
As in previous years, Informer found itself at the infamous top with 384 manipulative texts on the front pages, followed by Alo (321) and Srpski telegraf (279), and Večernje novosti (263), Kurir (104) and Politika (96) are not lagging that far behind.
In 2024, the front pages of these newspapers were also a kind of photo album of the president – as many as 1,177 times Aleksandar Vučić was on them, almost always with praises.
All newspapers recorded an increase in manipulations compared to the previous year.
Despite this, or perhaps because of it, the publishers of these six newspapers have concluded contracts with state institutions and local governments in the total value of almost 1.4 million euros this year.
Informer – new day, new lie
If you buy any issue of Informer, there is almost no chance that you will not encounter at least one manipulation on the front page. This is also shown by the latest research of Raskrikavanje – in the past year, there were at least 384 manipulative news and misinformation on the front pages of 306 published issues.
For the most part, these were titles that could be judged as biased, because with them the tabloid manipulatively took one side or the other, often using the passionate language of insults. In addition to the biased ones, the covers of Informer could also contain unfounded texts, on a daily basis – those in which there was insufficient, and most often no evidence in the text itself. In other words, these were unsubstantiated, arbitrary conclusions of the journalist based on their opinion and affinities, not on facts.
Such manipulative titles were mostly in articles about internal politics, that is, about the activities of the opposition, which was smeared by the tabloid last year, at the expense of the authorities of the Serbian Progressive Party.
The scale of this campaign is also evidenced by the fact that we counted the word "Djilas" and "Djilasovci" (The derogatory term "djilasovci" meaning Djilas supporters or associates) in the corpus of the texts we recorded at least 70 times in a year, and it was always used in a negative context.
Headlines about Djilas and "Djilasovci" filled the headlines especially in the first half of the year before the June parliamentary elections. As the elections passed, the number of such titles dropped sharply. However, the topic returned to the headlines after the fall of the canopy – the opposition then became the target of another blow from this pro-regime tabloid, which accused them of being the ones behind student protests and of using tragedy to get to power.
In previous years, we have written about the fact that domestic tabloids from our analysis show things in black and white, highlighting certain political actors as bad guys who should not be trusted and who should actually be hated. In addition to Dragan Djilas, strong words charged with emotions were also used in the headlines about Albin Kurti, members of the opposition, and even world leaders.
Among the insults against others, one in particular stood out: at least once a month, someone on the cover was called "crazy".
But the range of insults was much broader than that:
In addition to these, Informer led some other fights, and the one related to the excavation of lithium is worth mentioning. As a pro-regime tabloid, in its reporting, it always follows the rhetoric of the authorities on all issues, which was the case here.
Instead of approaching the topic of lithium mining cautiously and analytically, since it is a topic on which there is still a wide-spread debate in society, the tabloid took a decadent position in a propaganda-like manner – lithium is a development opportunity, and exploitation is absolutely safe.
Editor as Source
When it comes to the sources used by Informer in reporting, this year, journalists of Raskrikavanje, who have been following Informers reporting for almost a decade, noticed one novelty. Namely, in many texts, the only source for the claims was the editor Dragan J. Vučićević.
Namely, Vučićević also created a cable TV channel for which he received a license from REM in 2023, and the main "product" is live call-ins in which the editorial board led by him comments on current events. In front of the screen, he presents various "findings" from the editorial chair in the program, which can also be read in the press the next morning, and which, in all likelihood, do not need any further verification.
Thus, he personally was a source of "knowledge" that the West was preparing a military coup in Republika Srpska, that the anti-lithium protests were part of a broader plan to topple Vučić, or that Šolak and Djilas were preparing a coup on Serbia. As a rule, such texts rest only on his word of honor.
"The leaders of the hateful opposition intend to overthrow President Vučić and seize power with violent protests, Informer learns. Our editor Dragan J. Vučićević revealed the details of the infernal plan behind which are tycoons Dragan Djilas and Dragan Šolak in cooperation with foreign services, "Informer writes in one of such articles, and his information, as it is stated, originates "from one of the meetings of the opposition".
The reason why we rated these titles as biased and unfounded is that the texts were based only on the statements and assessments of one party (those lobbying for excavation). Due to the lack of balance and ignoring the part of the public that opposes it and warns of possible damage to human health and nature, it is a classic media manipulation that has political goals – to produce consensus among citizens on this issue and to stop further resistance to exploitation.
"By discarding lithium, we lose billions", "Lithium will not poison water", "Lithium does not kill agriculture", "Digging lithium does not harm the environment", "Lithium is our chance", "Lithium will not pollute our country", "Lithium brings billions", "Lithium brings 20,000 jobs", "Lithium takes Serbia to the top" – these are just some of the headlines that the tabloid has used to convince us that digging lithium is in our best interest.
A nice word, except for lithium, could traditionally be read in their texts when it comes to Aleksandar Vučić as well. Moreover, in parallel with the accusations and insults against the opposition or certain regional leaders, there was propaganda in support of the president and his activities. His photo has been featured on the front pages no less than 167 times – almost every other day. In two thirds of cases, Vučić is portrayed in a positive light, and less often in a neutral one.
As in all previous years, Vučić has two possible roles in the story that Informer tells about him – either he is a magnificent leader without whom Serbia would clearly collapse, or he is a potential target of schemers and assassins who would like to overthrow him or kill him: "Djilasovci would have Vučić dead", "The West and Albanians are preparing one hell of a May for Vučić", "Scum wants Vučić dead", "They want to hang Vučić".
The second group also included the title: "Skrozza: Vučić should have been killed in October 2000", which began a several-day campaign against journalist Tamara Skrozza, although she never stated something like this.
Two months later, the REM expert service concluded and thus practically confirmed that Skrozza did not call for Vučićs murder, which she was accused of by pro-government TV stations and tabloids, including Informer. However, the REM Council unanimously refused to initiate proceedings against Pink TV, which, together with the tabloids, targeted Skrozza in those days.
"Whatever REMs decision came to be, I would not be satisfied because what was done to me cannot be annulled, so the traces of it remained regardless of any kind of decision made by REM", Skrozza says in an interview with Raskrikavanje.
Skrozza notes that the decision of the REM professional service still surprised her and brought "some kind of peace" because it turned out that those who stood up for her were right.
"That decision showed that neither I nor anyone else who supported me was crazy, claiming that there was hate speech there (in tabloid publications, auth.comm.) and that it was targeting and persecuting me."
In the period when she was targeted by tabloids, Skrozza announced lawsuits, but then her health deteriorated due to all this, and she dropped the lawsuits so that she would not have to go through the whole situation again.
"I wanted to sue them then, but due to everything that was happening, my health got worse and I did not have the strength to deal with it and go through it again, so I gave up and I do not regret it."
Alo, journalism: 321 manipulations, one hero
Zlatko Kokanović did not plan to become a public figure, much less someone whose name and face will regularly adorn the pages of tabloids and become the topic of statements by top state officials.
Still, the tabloids definitely made him famous.
Kokanović, one of the founders of the association "Ne damo Jadar" says with a laugh: "For six months I was on there ( the covers, auth.comm.)". He says it casually, although the tabloids compared him to the participants of Maidan, and Alo called him and his comrades "anti-Serbs", "Ustasha","false environmentalists", "foreign mercenaries", and exclusively directed against Aleksandar Vučić and Serbia.
“It was a little awkward at first", he admits for Raskrikavanje, “now I would be surprised if they wrote something nice about me.”
Such labeling of Kokanović occurs in the context of the broader editorial strategy of this tabloid, which is extremely fond of the lithium mining project, as noted by Raskrikavanje.
They dedicated more than twenty covers to lithium and texts that affirmatively talk about its exploitation, especially in the Jadar valley. Readers are repeatedly told that the project does not endanger the environment and will bring numerous jobs.
It is interesting that none of these texts are signed, and almost all of them are identically formatted – an announcement on the front page in the lower left corner, inside the news on a separate page without other advertisements. Although they look like paid ads, none of the text is marked as promotional.
The headlines come from the same front page, published on August 9
Raskrikavanje had already noticed this trend in April of the previous year, when on the same day, unsigned praises about the Jadar project appeared in almost all tabloids. Our questions were not answered – newsrooms did not confirm whether it was paid content, and Rio Tinto ignored all calls and messages.
Faced with such a media campaign, Kokanović sees the other side of the coin: "They think they are smearing us, but sometimes negative advertising can be positive," he says. “We are reaching out to a large number of followers, both theirs and ours, and the main thing is that everyone knows that the mine has not started operations.”
In addition to manipulations about Kokanovic, tabloid Alo published at least 321 manipulative, unfounded and biased news last year.
The face of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić appeared on the front pages of this tabloid at least 186 times, mostly in a positive context (81 percent) and in the absence of any criticism of himself and the ruling party.
Vučić is mostly presented as a hero – a president who "with all his strength and heart is for Serbia", "tells the powers that be everything to their face" and "fights like a lion for the honor of Serbia". At the same time, he was often put in the role of a victim, claiming that many people were allegedly working against him – the opposition, Kurti, neighboring states, the media, Western countries.
Unlike him, there are no nice words in Alo about the leaders of the opposition, and Alo tendentiously accused them of calling for Vučićs murder, of "trampling on all beliefs and principles" in the struggle for power, of "preparing chaos", of being "false fighters against violence" and of working against the interests of Serbia. The president of the Party of Freedom and Justice, Dragan Djilas, who they claimed has "lost it", that he was "violent", and that he "did not care about our children", was particularly on the radar of this tabloid.
Among the analyzed texts, anonymous interlocutors, mostly described as "well-versed long-time oppositionists", frequently appeared. They always spoke in the same key – emphasizing the divisiveness, weakness and alleged internal paranoia of the opposition, perfectly fitting their statements into the narrative that the text already serves the reader.
The Alo newspaper has repeatedly manipulated, presenting criticism of the opposition at the expense of Aleksandar Vućić or the ruling coalition as attacks on Serbia and acting against its interests, thus equating the government with the state.
One such example dates back to February last year when this tabloid accused the opposition of helping Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti. This "conclusion" was reached by the Alo because the representatives of the domestic opposition attended the session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg at which they asked for an investigation to be launched into the regularity of the parliamentary elections held in Serbia in December 2023. Ana Brnabić then criticized the opposition for not talking about Serbs living in Kosovo, which Alo used to accuse them of helping Kurti. However, the reason for this visit was not Kosovo.
Over the last year, Alo has repeatedly dramatically announced global conflicts. They claimed that "Europe is heading for war with Russia", that NATO is soon invading Ukraine, which is "entering World War III", that "NATO is preparing for a big war". Yet, despite the bombastic headlines, these announcements did not come true.
Already on the first day after the tragedy in Novi Sad, Alo started spinning – the front page labeled members of the opposition as "vultures" who use the accident with ill intent, while completely omitting the essence of the messages sent by the authorities that day by citizens and the opposition – that it was corruption that killed people.
The next day, in sync with other pro-regime tabloid newspapers, a new narrative appeared – that it was an "old" canopy that was allegedly not reconstructed. From that moment, and in the next two months, the campaign intensified – opposition politicians were targeted almost daily, followed by students and civic activists.
Srpski telegraf: If the opposition comes to power, there would be total anihilation
At the end of May last year, journalist of Radar Vuk Cvijić spotted the executive director of Srpski telegraf, Milan Lađević, and his deputy, Boris Vuković, in a cafe in Kosovska Street. He had no idea that the encounter would soon turn into a serious incident.
According to Cvijić, a physical attack ensued – Lađević hit him in the face with his fist, which caused the journalist to end up on the ground. Milan Lađević, however, argued otherwise. According to his version of events, it was Cvijić who attacked first, but there was no physical contact, and as he ended up on the ground, it remained unclear to Lađević.
In those days, Srpski telegraf sided with its director, accusing Vuk Cvijić of attacking Lađević, and telling him, "Vuk, you are a liar. There was no sign of impact”.
However, the Basic Public Prosecutors Office in Belgrade recently gave its final word – it was found that Lađević really hit Cvijić with his fist, but that according to their assessment, there were no elements of the criminal offense in this case.
Asked how he commented on the accusations published by Srpski telegraf in those days, Cvijić said that this was an expected scenario, but that he did not expect a physical attack.
"They have smeared me and my colleagues before. (...) It was unexpected that I would be physically attacked, and with that physical attack, a smear campaign was launched. Not only did they publish lies in the allegations on the website and in the newspapers, but the attacker filed a complaint against me saying that I was the attacker."
The decision of the prosecution that the blow of Lađević is not a criminal offense Cvijić sees as expected. "This is the acrobatics of the prosecution, which, unfortunately, we have already seen," he says. "When my colleagues were attacked at the presidential inauguration, the prosecution decided that the attackers defended them, which is absurd. A message is sent that hunting journalists is allowed, and the president has joined in. So it is not enough that they can attack us on the street with impunity, but he also recently threatened us with arrest.”
Manipulative claims about the attack on Vuk Cvijić were only a part of as many as 279 manipulative, biased and unsubstantiated news stories that Srpski telegraf placed on its front pages last year, according to an analysis of journalists of Raskrikavanje.
The central figure of these covers was the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, whose likeness appeared as many as 259 times, mostly with an extremely positive narrative. Tabloid regularly presents Vučić as a hero in the fight for "Serbian interests" – whether it is the opening of factories or international politics.
During the period of the adoption of the Resolution on Srebrenica at the United Nations Assembly, Srpski telegraf wrote for days that "they are calling for his death because of the fight for Serbia", that Vučić is fighting a "heroic battle" and that "they are preparing revenge for him because of the fight in New York". When the Resolution was passed, the newspaper manipulatively turned it into a victory by talking about the "heroic struggle of Vučić" and the "great moral victory".
The campaign continued in the coming days, and in the very finale before the Belgrade elections, which were held at the beginning of June, the tabloid wrote that Vučić would be among the leaders of the new world, and that "enemies admire him because he is a machine".
At the same time, the opposition is constantly presented as incompetent and even dangerous. In one of the texts, they give forecasts of what would happen if the opposition came to power – "It would be a cataclysm (...) There would be anihiliation", they wrote at the time, claiming, without a single valid argument, that the opposition would shut down all projects and companies upon coming to power and put tens of thousands of people out of work.
Similar narratives have appeared several times – "While the hungover opposition recovers from the holidays, Vučić is at the construction site", "The opposition went to Strasbourg to whine, Vučić goes to New York to defend Serbia", "While Vučić fights for Kosovo, the opposition travels to European capitals and badmouths its own country", "The opposition is afraid of even mentioning Vučićs name. "Neighbors got the same treatment – Croats were "blind with hatred" for this tabloid and were "panicked" because they do not have the lithium that Serbia has. Montenegro is called Serbian Sparta because the results of the census in Montenegro showed that the number of citizens who identify as Serbs has increased.
Srpski telegraf openly rooted for Donald Trump during the election campaign in the US elections. They called him a "bulldozer" that " destroys everything in front of itself to reach the presidential chair". On the other hand, Trumps opponent Joe Biden was accused of being behind the hurricanes that hit the United States last year because he allegedly "controlls the weather".
In addition to Trump, sensational headlines about Vladimir Putin often appeared on the front pages of Srpski telegraf. As Raskrikavanje wrote in 2022, after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Srpski telegraf changed the way of reporting on Putin, who was previously mostly presented in a positive context. Putin also appeared on the front pages of this tabloid last year, and the narrative about him remained undefined – sometimes Putin demolishes everything in front of him, and sometimes he is being demolished.
News from the front page chronicles often served to sell newspapers – with sensational headlines and announcements of exclusive revelations, giving details from the investigation and relying on anonymous sources, which are often the only basis for a claim that would end up in the headline. Srpski telegraf has repeatedly written about Kosta Kecmanović, describing him as an "unrepentant monster", as well as about the trial of his parents, often speculating about private details from their lives. The tabloid persistently followed the investigation into the disappearance of a girl, Danka Ilić, again sensationally and relying only on speculation about her whereabouts and whether she was alive. The unprofessional reporting of Srpski telegraf is always confirmed by the Press Council – in the second half of 2024 alone, they violated the Code of Journalists in as many as 700 articles, the Councils monitoring showed.
Večernje novosti – "the foundation of Serbian national reporting"
We counted as many as 263 manipulative, unsubstantiated or inaccurate news stories on the front pages of Večernje Novosti in 2024. By their nature, they were predominantly biased or unfounded in evidence and facts, and were mostly manipulated in topics related to politics.
Unlike Informer, whose headlines were a testing ground for internal political showdowns with the opposition, the headlines of Novosti mostly had other "targets" – first of all, they were external enemies.
Thus, "Germans falsely accused us of genocide", the EU "blackmailed" us, and the British "quietly killed Karadžić", an otherwise convicted war criminal who is highly appreciated by the Večernje Novosti. The West took on Vučić, America threatened Dodik and armed Kurti, Croats "arrested Serbs", and "Kurtis police officers also shot at icons to kill the soul of Serbs".
Serbs, on the other hand, were the most common word on the front pages of this newspaper, which has a long tradition of nationalist rhetoric.
The second type of enemies, according to the headlines of Večernje Novosti, were internal enemies – the opposition, journalists, non-governmental organizations. Their ultimate goal – the overthrow of Vučić and thestate.
In Večernje Novosti, as well as in other newspapers, Vučić was a frequent figure on the front pages – his photo appeared at least 161 times, almost exclusively in a positive, rarely neutral context – he "gave lessons" around the world last year, avoided diplomatic traps and brought in investments, while the enemies and the deep state during that time tried to endanger, destroy or even liquidate him.
In that sense, in order to defend his power, Vecernje Novosti tried to portray every protest in 2024 as an attack on the whole of Serbia. The opposition was often targeted at the end of the year, during student protests over the canopy, and the manipulative headlines were almost daily – "Opposition rampage in Novi Sad", "One cannot take on the government by rampage and burning", "Disorder and blockades are the only tactics", "They are gunning for the top of the state, 12 arrested is not enough for them", "Bullies call for secession of Vojvodina", "Chaos again, they do not even know what they want anymore".
A bit of space on the headlines remained for “lateral” topics such as human rights and freedoms or struggles over language standardization. For example, repeatedly they write about the "terror of gender ideologues" and how they and others like them destroy our language, carry out "ideological violence" against it, and "tear out our Serbian roots and identity".
And it was the Večernje Novosti that was seen as the guardians of that identity, if one is judging by the words of Aleksandar Vučić. Namely, he appeared on the front page on October 16, in the birthday issue of Novosti, and personally told them that they are "the foundation of Serbian national reporting and the protection of the vital interests of the Serbian people wherever they live," as well as the guardian of the state, the church and Cyrillic.
"The reputation you have today has been acquired along a difficult and long period, and thus your responsibility to the public is even greater", the president said, adding, among other things, that Novosti uncompromisingly adheres to the principle that the public is entitled to facts, "in times when the truth is devalued and lost in the endlessness of false and malicious information."
This newspaper has been part of the annual monitoring of front pages since 2020, and over the past five years we have counted more than 1,000 manipulations and misinformation on the front pages of Večernjih novosti.
Kurir 2024 – Regime custom headline
During 2024, research by the journalists of Raskrikavanje revealed that at least 104 manipulative texts were published on the covers of the Kurir tabloid, which is almost twice as much compared to the previous year. These texts mainly focused on political topics – the glorification of those in power and the discrediting of the opposition, and often of international actors. The covers of Kurir did not serve to ask difficult questions or expose reality – they were a showcase of propaganda. Instead of analyzing economic decisions, political moves or environmental problems, readers were offered messages carefully tailored to the interests of the authorities, with the complete absence of a critical view. Manipulations most often came through pronounced bias. The texts did not try to present the events objectively – instead, their tone openly favored the ruling party.
Aleksandar Vučić appeared on the covers of the Kurir daily as many as 234 times during the year, almost always in a positive light. Titles such as "Fire Strike against Vučić", "Serbian Response to Kurtis Tyranny" or "Vučić: Serbia is not a punching bag" were commonplace. The presidents statements have always been unmistakable and bold, with clichéd phrases like – “key message,” “direct,” and “bold.” Any criticism directed at the president, whether it comes from the domestic opposition or the international community, is described as an attack on Serbia or personally on Vučić, creating an atmosphere of constant threat.
The example of the campaign around the lithium mine perfectly illustrates this approach. President Vučić appeared on the headlines of the Kurir daily as the only rational and responsible actor – he allegedly listens carefully to the voice of the people and "questions" the Rio Tinto company, while any criticism of mining is simultaneously demonized and portrayed as destructive and harmful to Serbia.
Meanwhile, important events such as mass protests of citizens or blockades of universities were almost completely absent from the headlines of the Kurir daily – if someone had read only that at the end of the year, they would not have been able to fully know what was actually happening.
On the other hand, the opposition was systematically discredited on the first page of Kurir. Dragan -Djilas received the most "blows" in a negative context, who was persistently portrayed by Kurir as a source of chaos, an autocrat or a man under foreign influence. Plans of violence and overthrow of the order were regularly attributed to him. The rest of the opposition was not spared either – as a whole, they were described as a group that spreads "anti-Serb hysteria" and undermines state interests.
In addition to the opposition, foreign actors such as Albin Kurti, Croats, foreign services, European politicians were often mentioned as enemies of the government, which further fueled the atmosphere in which Serbia has a wide range of alleged enemies who want to undermine its progress.
Thus, last year, the front pages of Kurir, which were part of this analysis, were not an information space, but a campaigning tool. The government appeared on them as an unstoppable hero and victim, while critics were portrayed as a disruptive factor, almost enemies of the state. This black-and-white image was not created by accident – it is part of an editorial strategy that has lasted for years, and whose goal is to shape the reality tailored to the regime.
Politika "on a first name basis" with Vučić: From the front page – without the other side
Public attention was focused on the Resolution on Srebrenica for months during 2024. Pro-government media, including the daily Politika, actively, well before its adoption, built a narrative that the resolution was actually an attempt to label the entire Serbian people as genocidal and to impose collective guilt on them.
A carefully prepared media atmosphere allowed the regime one specific maneuver - the adoption of the resolution was presented as a diplomatic victory for Serbia.
The headlines of Politika, although the resolution was accepted, pointed out that the President of Serbia won a major moral and diplomatic victory. The argument was that the number of states that did not support the resolution was higher than those that did.
This approach illustrates the broader picture of reporting by this newspaper during 2024. As many as 96 articles were published on the front page of the Politika daily newspaper, which were characterized as manipulative, unfounded or extremely biased, which is twice as much as the analysis of the 2023 of Raskrikavanje.
The dominant presence of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is noticeable on the front pages – he appeared 170 times on them, which means that he was printed in almost every other issue of Politika.
He is consistently presented in a positive light, while the analysis did not reveal any example of a negative portrayal of the president on the front pages. Even in issues without his photograph, the president is often mentioned in headlines and texts.
Vučić is regularly portrayed as a statesman who works tirelessly for peace, a capable leader whose intentions are benevolent and sincere – as opposed to the opposition and activists who present themselves as wanting the exact opposite.
Last year, Raskrikavanje analyzed this propaganda technique in detail – the publics attention is systematically diverted from important issues such as corruption, organized crime, disputed investments or protests, to the alleged threats of assassination of Vučić. Such stories are first published by government representatives and tabloids, and then, trying to critically review them, they are also taken over by independent media.
In addition to the technique of "killing Vučić", throughout 2024, Politika also used the character of Albin Kurti as another effective distraction.
There is almost no month in which the Kosovo Prime Minister did not appear on the front page – whether it was at the beginning, middle or end of the year. Kurti has always been portrayed extremely negatively, as someone who actively exploits the bad situation in Serbia, as the main driver of instability and the culprit for everything bad that is happening in the country. "Albin Kurti devises a new scam for the Serbian people", "Kurti follows every step of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija with drones", "Kurti prepares three regiments of infantry for attack in 2025", are some of the headlines from the front pages of Politika daily.
This time, it is especially interesting that the media from neighboring countries were among the main "enemies" and alleged instigators of the attack on the president, in addition to the usual "Ustasha" and "Shqiptar". Titles such as "A poison of hatred flows from the region via merged vessels" or "The media in the region are invoking civil war in our country" illustrate how the region is being used again to inflame tensions and divert public attention.
Bias and manipulation in Politika are most often not based on mere sensationalism or reliance on anonymous sources – the unsigned interlocutor was found in only one manipulative text on the front page. Instead, the manipulation is carried out more subtly, through carefully selected interpretations of events, selective presentation of facts and a specific tone of reporting that leads the public to certain conclusions.
A particularly effective way of directing readers are author texts and interviews that offer space exclusively to one party, dominant on the front pages of this newspaper. An example of this are the regular texts of MP and lawyer Vladimir Đukanović, who continuously represents extremely biased views close to the regime.
Unlike other tabloids, Politika avoided combining political content with disturbing chronical scenes, so its covers were much more moderate.
In this daily, seven propaganda texts dealing with the exploitation of lithium in the Jadar Valley were identified in the corpus of manipulative texts on the front pages. All these texts represent the mentioned project in a very positive light, and given the almost identical style and content of texts from other tabloid media, there are indications that it is covert advertising.
