Informer (newspaper)

Informer is a pro-government daily tabloid newspaper published in Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2016, it claims without documentation to be the highest-circulation daily in Serbia, alleging over 100,000 copies distributed daily.

Informer
Informer's 26 December 2013 front page, claiming a €200,000 payment by businessman Miroslav Mišković.
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Insajder tim d.o.o.
EditorDragan J. Vučićević
Founded10 May 2012 (2012-05-10)[1]
Political alignmentSerbian Progressive Party[2][3]
Populism
Sensationalism
Hard Euroscepticism
Anti-Western sentiment
Serbian Ethnic ultranationalism[4][5]
HeadquartersTerazije 5/7, Belgrade, Serbia
Circulation~102,000 copies distributed (claimed, 2016)
Websitewww.informer.rs
For the American weekly, see The Washington Informer.

The newspaper addresses politics, regional and world news, popular culture, health, and sports. It is known for political bias in favor of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party[6]

Informer practices yellow journalism. It is notorious[7][8] for publishing false information,[9][10][11] as well as for insulting and discrediting President Aleksandar Vučić's political opponents.[12] It publishes articles with chauvinist and sexist biases.[13][14][15][16]

In 2015, Informer manufactured an international scandal by publishing screenshots of a porn clip starring American adult actress Diamond Foxxx, with accompanying text that falsely alleged the stills were from a sex tape featuring the President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar Kitarović.[17] This was "sharply condemned" by Serbia's Ministry of Culture and Information, which called for sanctions,[18] as well as by MP Azra Jasavić of neighbouring Montenegro, where the newspaper is also published. Jasavić called for changes in law to prevent Informer from its "brutalisation of women," whom Jasavić said are targeted by the tabloid.[19]

In 2019, EU vs Disinformation reported that Informer was one of the foremost Serbian sources of false narratives and warmongering in 2018.[20] According to Serbian investigative journalism portal Crime and Corruption Reporting Network, more than 700 fake news items were published on the front pages of pro-government tabloids during 2018, led by Informer.[21][22] Many decried invented attacks on Aleksandar Vučić or attempted coups, as well as supposed messages of support from Russian president Vladimir Putin.[22] In 2020, Twitter shut down a network of 8,500 bots that spammed 43 million tweets; the bots fawned over President Vučić and his party, boosted pro-Vučić content, and attacked his political opponents;[23] Informer links were among the most frequently spammed.[23]

See also

Notes
  1. "Objavljen prvi broj dnevnika – 'Informer'". informer.rs. MONDO. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. "(VIDEO) FUNKCIONER SNS POTVRDIO ONO ŠTO JE SRBIJA SUMNJALA: Informer je naš stranački list!".
  3. Komunikacije, Neomedia. "Razgovor s vlasnikom Informera, najzloćudnijeg tabloida Balkana: Vučićeviću, jeste li vi budala? / Novi list". novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. "U.S. ambassador dubs pro-regime tabloid Informer scum – Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija". Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. "IZ BEOGRADA PERO ZLATAR Kako je naša predsjednica postala Diamond Fox u srpskom Informeru". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. "(VIDEO) FUNKCIONER SNS POTVRDIO ONO ŠTO JE SRBIJA SUMNJALA: Informer je naš stranački list!".
  7. "Serbia Tabloid Targets BIRN, Other Media, as 'Mercenaries'". Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  8. "Vlasnik najtiražnijih novina u Srbiji: Svi smo mi Šešelj" (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  9. "U.S. ambassador dubs pro-regime tabloid Informer scum – Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija". Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  10. "IZ BEOGRADA PERO ZLATAR Kako je naša predsjednica postala Diamond Fox u srpskom Informeru". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  11. ""Informer" mora da plati 150.000 dinara uredniku KRIK-a". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  12. Komunikacije, Neomedia. "Razgovor s vlasnikom Informera, najzloćudnijeg tabloida Balkana: Vučićeviću, jeste li vi budala? / Novi list". novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  13. "GOVOR MRŽNJE: "Šiptarske svinjarije" u obradi "Informera"". portalanalitika.me (in Bosnian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  14. "Ko s Informerom tikve sadi". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). 17 November 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  15. "e-novine.com – Proterajte Sonju Biserko iz Srbije". e-novine.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  16. "NUNS: Šovinističko denunciranje Dinka Gruhonjića | Cenzolovka". Cenzolovka (in Serbian). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  17. "Vučićević: "Na naslovnici "Informera" nije Kolinda Grabar Kitarović". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  18. "LAŽI INFORMERA: Ministarstvo kulture od tužilaštva traži prijavu protiv Vučićevića!". Kurir (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  19. Montenegro, Cafe Del (18 January 2015). "Jasavić: Zaustaviti iživljavanje Informera nad ženama". Crna Gora (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  20. "700 False News Stories In Serbian Tabloids In 2018". EU vs DISINFORMATION. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  21. "700 false news stories in Serbian tabloids in 2018". Stop Fake. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  22. "Više od 700 laži na naslovnim stranama tri tabloida u 2018. godini". Crime and Corruption Reporting Network. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  23. Bush, Daniel (2 April 2020). ""Fighting Like a Lion for Serbia": An Analysis of Government-Linked Influence Operations in Serbia" (PDF). Stanford University.
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