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Dragan Ilic

Dragan Ilić is a graduate psychologist and journalist. He worked at Radio and TV B92, then founded the Supermish production. He has been writing the "TV Maniac" column for Vreme since 2002. He has been the author and host of the morning program "Buđenje" for many years, and he has been working with his colleagues on the TV show "4 and a Half Men" for eight seasons. Married to his wife Živana and father of Danilo and Matija.

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At the three white lotuses

Introducing her daughter to the world of material abundance and spiritual misery, the rich mother tells her that the rich have an obligation to feign happiness for the sake of billions of poor people who fantasize about luxury.

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Inforrealities

For Vučić, Dragan J. Vučićević is what Kim Jong Un is currently introducing as a special institution, which aims to teach children aged seven to 16 how to properly love the Leader. "Informer" would obviously not be happy with young people, so his task is to continuously spread hatred and fear in Vučić's electorate.

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Adolescence – Inside view

A British mini-TV series made for Netflix has become a global TV phenomenon almost overnight. From the incredible comments of the critics and the audience to serious scientific discussions on the topics of growing up, misogyny, the educational system, the attitude towards aggression to the issue of toxic masculinity (masculinity), influencers like Andrew Tate and the like, incels (unwanted celibacy), the influence of social networks, to the fate of the classic family in the 21st century.

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New episode of (S)logan

The Minister of Health of North Macedonia requested that photos with patients not be published, while his resigned colleague, Minister Lončar, falsifies the number of citizens who reported with symptoms after the demonstrations and the use of a "sound cannon" and says that they "declaim their complaints like a song". Just imagine any doctor who would be similarly determined towards his patients

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Central homeland stand-up

Vučić's audience does not want to be where he is, so the question is whether they even want to listen to it, whether they understand, for example, the metaphor about little pigs. The president said that the student protests will end when they eat the roasted piglets. It seems to me that it was after the blockade of Autokomanda. A few days later, he recorded a family video with roast pork in a tavern in Borča

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Incompetent tutors

The session of the Assembly was actually a struggle to capitalize on the energy of the student rebellion. Believe it or not, the government and the opposition presented their actions as "fulfilling student demands"

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Lie and paralysis

The strained political relations in Serbia led to an intense propaganda war through the media. While RTS is desperately trying to reconcile the irreconcilable positions of the government and the opposition, commercial channels controlled by the government are conducting an intensive campaign primarily against students, educators, non-governmental organizations and NGO activists. To this list should be added influencers on social networks who are a specific thorn in the side of Vučić's and his activists' attempts to conquer virtual space in cyberspace.

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EMO plenary session

The example of intergenerational solidarity during the joint protest of pensioners and students shows that it is a social movement that fundamentally changes the psychological state of the entire nation. This is what causes a reaction in viewers and breaks the censorship barrier

RTS: More than 200 employees supported the students

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A little light in the corner of the screen

Colleagues from the public service should be encouraged in their attempts to do their job professionally. Of course, there is also the accumulated, justified dissatisfaction of citizens with the work of the public service in previous years

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Banksy and the guys

The red middle finger practically outlines the return to schools and universities as road signs. It took less than a couple of days to stop this campaign, because it is practically political suicide

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Trump dynasty

Zuckerberg yawned at the cleavage of the lady next to him, Musk made faces and welcomed the trip to Mars, toasts were made from special glasses with a gold rim that the attendees received as a souvenir

Croatian President Zoran Milanović

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How to elect a president

Regardless of the current distribution of power, authority and authority, in the media in Croatia, primarily the state ones, you could see and hear representatives of the government and the opposition. There are preferences and influences, but they cannot be compared with media consensus in Serbia

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The final experiment

In Novi Sad, 15 people died in a falling canopy and nothing was funny anymore. Resignations were forced, and general paralysis could be seen in the example of the Day of Mourning - one in Serbia, three in Vojvodina. Lack of empathy was shown by the prime minister, who tried to measure the scale of the tragedy by the death of 15, 155, or 15000 people. Beaters were sent to attack the students, and RTS unhesitatingly reported accusations that they were mercenaries. However, the exact opposite happened, as the wave of discontent only grew stronger. That is why student protests and plenums will mark the end of this year and the welcome of a new one, between fear and hope, which has emerged, just like empathy and solidarity

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Why did you get angry...

Without the slightest desire to predict the political future of Aleksandar Vučić, I can only note the huge need for presence in the media, from which it is possible to draw a logical conclusion that the President perceives his political life exclusively through the media

Damascus, Syria

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Saber Dimisk

Who in the West will care about the state of democracy or women's rights in Syria when there is already talk of removing this country from the list of countries at risk to prevent the influx of new refugees

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Plenum

Students of this generation of protests have shown that they are very interested in social issues, the fate of the country, they have shown compassion and are far from apathetic. For those who can listen, they also held a lesson on the integrity of institutions and promoting political dialogue

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Saber and cutting

It doesn't matter what feeling I have as I recognize people and events, footage and testimonies, from the time of B92, while Legija is seeking parole because he served 20 years

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Wild man

Alija Balijagić can neither be a hero nor a hajduk, but only proof of the state's inability to control extreme violence. He is just a stripped-down image of harsh social reality that only understands fear

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We have the president on the line

Vucic invited Trump as a guest, as soon as possible, although we do not know if he promised to come. Everything will be in order - from bread and scones to Ivica who will sing and prepare a new set of photos from the last meeting, like back in New York

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Curative against living mud

I have never seen a more senseless decision than three days of mourning in Vojvodina, while in the rest of Serbia it lasted only one day. Where exactly territorially do we stop grieving - when we cross the bridge in Beška or weep all the way to Banovac? Paradoxically, the viewers in Vojvodina have classical music and a changed program, while the national frequency channels are bursting with joy.

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Important things

In front of a relatively unknown interlocutor, in front of cameras, during haircuts, children, like actors in a play or defendants in court, told us a story of fear and uncertainty

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The economy of empathy - experiencing or experiencing

Conflict is shown instead of dialogue, aggression instead of tenderness. We have evidence for this thesis in all program segments, from reality shows to political debates to dramatization of sports events and weather forecasts. There is a constant trade in attention through the explicit display of violence

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Jiberization

Will you see the president's address in Dnevnik RTS while Pink or Informer is standing in the corner of the screen, since state officials are seen much more often on these channels, as guests of the morning program or the collegium in constant convocation

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Battery Alliance, Parliamentary and Global

In Minister Handanović's speech, all the statements of prolithium experts that you could hear and see at guest appearances in previous months were enumerated. Indeed, someone systematically and persistently fooled viewers with the same half-truths on all channels in turn

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Swamp ghost

The evil is obvious, banal, visceral, that world of elite prostitution, nouveau riche, corrupt police, angry rich and frightened poor is very quickly and easily exposed and shown in its cruelty