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.
That's how they were the first to be hit tweeters Vanja Bihalj, alias Koza na (in) heels, and Marko Marjanović better known as Crystal Matt Damon. They are examples of witty and sharp criticism of nebulous regime announcements. At one time, Tatjana Milekić led that reckoning by daily commenting on the bizarre, often half-literate propaganda posts of a certain SNS. boots, and today's Twitter users react to increasingly absurd announcements by the President and his associates in just a few minutes. Whether Vučić is blindly tasting carbonated drinks, stirring a shaker outside the stove, training juniors in Loznica or addressing us via Instagram with a zoom that distorts him into Shrek, the result is comical and blatant attempts to make the government cool or at least "in trend". Obviously, the comments are painful for the author, so Informer and Pink made promo films in which they reveal the "Ustasha heritage of Vanja Bihalj" or Čačany Ustasha Marko Marjanović. According to the tried-and-true recipe, the video is published by an obscure source on the Internet, and it is transmitted and amplified all day long by Informer, Pink and Happy. These amateur video-pamphlets have no basis in reality, they are completely fabricated, not only was Vanja's father not a member of the HVO in Mostar, but the name of her Twitter account was misspelled. She is not a "Goat in heels", which would mean that she is not only a goat, but also illiterate, she is a "Goat in heels" because, as she explained, the goat is an autochthonous animal species of her native Herzegovina. I wouldn't waste words on the "Ustasha from Čačany", the video in which he is the main character was edited from a video of the protest in front of the Nikola Tesla Museum (does it turn out that Tesla is also an Ustaša?), and the video continues with the statements of Srđo Popović??!! This papacy only speaks of the intention to pack half-information from the net in order to drag you through the mud of the tabloids and disturb the family.
Another example of this parody was created in Kragujevac, where a neighbor filmed students making a film from the window. For days, tabloid propaganda and Vučić played the footage from the set as key evidence that the attack on the students was being faked, and all as part of the "Colored Revolution" special action. Students allegedly record fictional attacks and trampling, and then release them on the Internet. This theory coincides with multi-hour and multi-day analyzes dealing with the origin of the food that students get while walking to Novi Sad or Kragujevac. It is inconceivable to the said team that someone brings everything they have to the students, and they showed a special interest in roasted pigs, namely, where they come from, because, as is generally known, the team distributes sandwiches to its supporters. The students, of course, offered not only an explanation for the filming in Kragujevac, but also free acting lessons to the bad actors of the tabloid media. This could all boil down to a failed subterfuge and remake Balkan spy, where special warfare and the enemy appear everywhere you look. You remember, the walk in Adam is a secret meeting, and the result is the blowing up of Vinci. Unfortunately, this media manipulation has a much more serious intention and consequence. It relativizes the regime's most terrible repression against young people, attacks by thugs, trampling of demonstration participants, daily insults on television (in which even RTS participates), ignoring clearly defined demands. This seemingly stupid attempt at subterfuge actually pre-empts the regime in the event of an even harsher crackdown on those who criticize it. Entering this mode of thinking, Vučić portrays himself as the only savior of Serbia from the "color revolution", when in fact he is in the modality of political self-preservation. For this purpose, he will be ready to deal not only with the most educated part of our society, but, indulging in political cannibalism, he will sacrifice the future of Serbia. It is necessary to convince the electorate that Serbia is in danger from its children. If you believe that, the regime is turning you against your own children or your grandchildren. I wonder if this kind of manipulation will pay off…
In the end, in the absence of wit and creativity, the regime produced TV shows whose name begins with "The Dossier on...". This BIA genre started with the episode "Vojvodina Files", and the subcontractor of the propaganda works is the Center for Social Stability. The "NGO File" has already been announced, which is completely logical, because the President has already targeted the wreckers of Serbia. Currently, Vučić is scaring the citizens with the autonomists and the secession of Vojvodina, so in their work they deal extensively with the history of the SFRY, the autonomy of the provinces, while the gatherings throughout Serbia actually represent a continuous populist and demagogic confrontation with dissenters, which began during the "yogurt revolution".
We now have a "sandwich revolution" in which Vučić, through a sandwich, just like Sloba with yogurt, wants to portray himself as the only defender of Serbia and the protector of the "little man". In fact, with more and more reckless lies, the government draws targets on the foreheads or backs of all those who dare to criticize or oppose it.
The most tragic fact is that today Vučić can experience absolute power only in his TV monologues, and the problem arises in reality, even when surrounded by his entourage he travels to rallies organized by Informer tours. At the end of this sad story, he remains alone like a cartoon character The line, in his two-dimensional world.
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Even if we call what happened in Zaječar and Kosjerić on Sunday the victory of the regime and the defeat of the opposition, that is, the student-citizen movement, it would be necessary to add attributes to those terms, for the sake of truth and authenticity. First of all, it is a question of the catastrophic victory of the SNS, which means that the "people from Vučić" are slowly but surely going into the dustbin of history and that they are running a lap of honor in which there is no honor, nor will there be any. What are the other messages of these elections? And what can we learn from them
On Sunday, June 8, the student and progressive lists clashed in Kosjerić. I reported from there during the entire election day. A few minutes after midnight, unknown people, most likely close to the Serbian Progressive Party, punctured the tires of my car and damaged my mirrors. That is why this will not be a classic reportage
Interview: Prof. Tanasije Marinković, Faculty of Law in Belgrade
"I think it is wrong to ignore Vučić, to pretend that he has already fallen and lost all sense. With him, the rational and the irrational intertwine. Both are strong, and that is why all responsible parts of society must unite and organize in order for him to be replaced in a legal and democratic way. That approach does not contradict the slogan 'You are not competent'. I am proud of the Serbian students who had enough knowledge or, rather, the feeling to understand how much he, malignant narcissist, that attitude hits"
A new directive from the Leader has arrived - to declare rebellious students and citizens fascists and Nazis. And the Essenes do it with a lot of enthusiasm. However, there are two serious problems. The first is that the rebelling Serbian students and citizens are a phenomenon that is as far from fascism as it can be. The second is that it is the SNS that nurtures many features of fascism to a good extent
"If architecture is a reflection of the time and society in which it is created, when we look around us, by all accounts, we have a huge road to recovery ahead of us. If it is even possible in our case, given that we have skipped entire epochs in civilizational development"
The dramatic appeal of United Media employees shows what can happen when the media is controlled by the regime and corporations. It is happening in Serbia now. If the audience does not recognize this, an even blacker media darkness threatens
Aleksandar Vučić now has only the old, proven methods of classic dictatorships left, because these modern methods of insanity and poisoning the public are failing. And that, however, goes against his head
Vučić is not defending the state, but himself from the state. With a drum on his back and a guitar in his hands, this man-orchestra performs two or three of the same songs without hearing, with falsifications and falling out of rhythm. His government and politics are like that. In short - dangerous for the environment
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