REM Council member Dubravka Valić Nedeljković claims that all eight members initially supported the inclusion of Informer in the monitoring, but that four members later changed their position. Monitoring of the pre-election campaign currently includes 11 television programs, but there are no Informer, Insider and Courier among them.
Advice Regulatory body for electronic media (REM) did not reach an agreement on expanding the list of media that will be included in the monitoring of the pre-election campaign.
REM Council President Stevica Smederevac said after the electronic session that there were discussions about expanding the list, but that the necessary majority for making a decision was not reached.
"There were talks, but no agreement," Smederevac told reporters.
On September 10, REM began 24-hour monitoring of media content during the election campaign. For now, the programs of 11 televisions are being watched.
The list includes the First and Second programs of Radio-television of Serbia, the First and Second programs of Radio-television of Vojvodina, as well as television stations with national coverage Pink, Prva, B92 and Happy. Monitoring includes cable channels N1, Nova S and K1.
Monitoring is carried out according to the methodology adopted by the REM Council in 2023. That is why it is not on the current list Inform, although in the previous days there was talk of the possibility of being included in extended monitoring, together with Insider and Kurir televisions.
The expansion of monitoring was also discussed at the session of the REM Council held on September 23. At that time, lawyer and former Commissioner for Information of Public Importance, Rodoljub Šabić, assessed the election of Smederevac as president of the Council of REM as a "political deal" and questioned whether the new composition of that body will include Informer in monitoring.
Photo: FoNet / Zoran MrđaREM session
Valić Nedeljković: All eight members of the REM Council were in favor of monitoring Informer, but something happened between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
REM Council member Dubravka Valić Nedeljković told N1 that all eight members of this body had previously agreed that Informer should be included in the monitoring of the media in the election campaign, but that today between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. something happened that caused four members to change their minds.
"In the very open decision-making process that was voted on by eight members of the REM Council this morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., all eight members declared in writing that they believe that Informer should be included in the monitoring corps, and in addition to Informer, another broadcaster. Something happened between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., so by 10 a.m. it was clear that Informer should be part of the corps, because there is no methodological obstruction that would call into question the monitoring of Informer," she said. is Valić Nedeljković at the press conference where it was announced that the REM Council did not reach an agreement on expanding the list of media that will be included in the monitoring of the pre-election campaign.
She said that she was worried that the eight members of the REM Council agreed to form one decision, and then suddenly four independent members vote for Informer to be included in the monitoring, and the four remaining members vote against, based on an official note that she claims she has not seen.
Photo: Tanjug/Rade PrelićStevica Smederevac
Valić Nedeljković reminded that in earlier election cycles Al Jazeera was included in the monitoring, which has since left the monitoring, so that one seat was freed anyway.
"Your question may be right: why now Informer, and not the 449 broadcasters that my colleague (Stevica Smederevac) mentioned? Well, simply because there are clear indications that Informer is breaking the rules; because it received a certain license via cable, and now - by buying local media - it broadcasts its program in an auditorium for which it has no jurisdiction", she reminded.
She also pointed out that last year REM received 131 objections to broadcasting content on Informer, which, together with TV Pink, is at the top of the list. According to her, this is already an indicator for researchers that something is wrong, and that the public has recognized it.
"So, how can I tell you, it's an indicator for you: let's see, maybe he's exemplary, so due to some political circumstances, different researchers focused and focused on Informer, or he's really breaking the rules. To know that, we have to have him under monitoring. So, nothing a priori, but it's one of the conditions to see what's really happening on the ground," explained Valić Nedeljković.
She also pointed out that in relation to the 2023 elections, Informer today has far greater coverage and greater resonance.
"So, it has nothing to do with politics, it has to do with our media sphere, for which, by joining REM, we undertook to create an atmosphere that would respect the law, respect ethical codes, and eliminate hate speech," said Valić Nedeljković.
She added that yesterday, during just half an hour of watching Informer, she noted "ten words that should never be found in public speech."
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