The chairman of the Swiss media company Ringier denied that the sacking of the editor-in-chief of Belgrade-based Alo! tabloid came due to political pressure.
In a recent interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Tadic singled out Alo! as "the bearer of anti-European sentiments in Serbia" and he stagted that it was "a paradox that the daily was owned by investors from EU and partner countries".
Paradox? Not really! Yellow press tabloids do everything for selling more, with their only principle they follow is populism. So, if the sentiment in Serbia is anti-European, tabloids jump on the bandwagon.
"The practice of false excuses for politically motivated sackings is hypocritical. The UNS is disappointed because even great European media companies surrender under political pressures because they believe they could secure a better position in Serbia market in that way", it was stated in the UNS statement.
Sure, important Serbia and Tadic is in a position to put pressure on big international medial outlets and demand things. Somebody should tell the UNS that Serbia is simply too small, and a negligible market. Furthermore, Serbia is not Russia where journalists and editors better do what the President is telling them and not opposing it if they like to stay alive ;-)
Ringier said the reason was in fact that the daily "failed to mention that Ratko Mladić was indicted for war crimes".
Funny editor in chief who 'forgets' to mention one of the most important fact in a newspaper article. No wonder he gets fired, for lack of professionalism. Should be sent back to 1st class of journalism school, imho.
Ringier said the reason was in fact that the daily "failed to mention that Ratko Mladić was indicted for war crimes".
Funny editor in chief who 'forgets' to mention one of the most important fact in a newspaper article. No wonder he gets fired, for lack of professionalism. Should be sent back to 1st class of journalism school, imho.
In a recent interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Tadic singled out Alo! as "the bearer of anti-European sentiments in Serbia" and he stagted that it was "a paradox that the daily was owned by investors from EU and partner countries".
Paradox? Not really! Yellow press tabloids do everything for selling more, with their only principle they follow is populism. So, if the sentiment in Serbia is anti-European, tabloids jump on the bandwagon.
"The practice of false excuses for politically motivated sackings is hypocritical. The UNS is disappointed because even great European media companies surrender under political pressures because they believe they could secure a better position in Serbia market in that way", it was stated in the UNS statement.
Sure, important Serbia and Tadic is in a position to put pressure on big international medial outlets and demand things. Somebody should tell the UNS that Serbia is simply too small, and a negligible market. Furthermore, Serbia is not Russia where journalists and editors better do what the President is telling them and not opposing it if they like to stay alive ;-)
In a recent interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Tadic singled out Alo! as "the bearer of anti-European sentiments in Serbia" and he stagted that it was "a paradox that the daily was owned by investors from EU and partner countries".
Paradox? Not really! Yellow press tabloids do everything for selling more, with their only principle they follow is populism. So, if the sentiment in Serbia is anti-European, tabloids jump on the bandwagon.
"The practice of false excuses for politically motivated sackings is hypocritical. The UNS is disappointed because even great European media companies surrender under political pressures because they believe they could secure a better position in Serbia market in that way", it was stated in the UNS statement.
Sure, important Serbia and Tadic is in a position to put pressure on big international medial outlets and demand things. Somebody should tell the UNS that Serbia is simply too small, and a negligible market. Furthermore, Serbia is not Russia where journalists and editors better do what the President is telling them and not opposing it if they like to stay alive ;-)
Ringier said the reason was in fact that the daily "failed to mention that Ratko Mladić was indicted for war crimes".
Funny editor in chief who 'forgets' to mention one of the most important fact in a newspaper article. No wonder he gets fired, for lack of professionalism. Should be sent back to 1st class of journalism school, imho.
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