Informer (newspaper)

For the American weekly, see The Washington Informer.

Informer
The front page on 22 February 2022 proclaiming "Ukraine has attacked Russia"
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Insajder tim
EditorDragan J. Vučićević
Founded10 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-10)[1]
Political alignment
HeadquartersTerazije 5/7, Belgrade, Serbia
CountrySerbia
Circulation~102,000 copies distributed (claimed, 2016)
Websiteinformer.rs

Informer is a Serbian tabloid newspaper based in Belgrade. It is known for its political bias in favor of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) and its sensationalist stories.[7][8][9] The newspaper has been accused of spreading disinformation[10] and sensationalism.[11][12]

As of 2016, it claims without documentation to be the highest-circulation daily in Serbia, alleging over 100,000 copies distributed daily. The newspaper addresses politics, regional and world news, popular culture, health, and sports.

It practices yellow journalism. It is notorious[13][14] for publishing false information,[11][12][15] as well as for insulting and discrediting President Aleksandar Vučić's political opponents.[2] It publishes articles with chauvinist and sexist biases.[16][17][18][19]

  1. ^ "Objavljen prvi broj dnevnika – 'Informer'". informer.rs. MONDO. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Komunikacije, Neomedia. "Razgovor s vlasnikom Informera, najzloćudnijeg tabloida Balkana: Vučićeviću, jeste li vi budala? / Novi list". novilist.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ^ Draskovic, Brankica; Prodanovic, Dragana; Pavkov, Ksenija (2016). "Anti-European discourse and negative image of the European Union in the Serbian media". CM: Communication and Media. 11 (38): 19–39. doi:10.5937/comman11-11847. ISSN 2466-541X.
  4. ^ Janjić, Stefan; Šovanec, Stefani (2018). "Announcements of war on the front pages of serbian tabloids". CM: Communication and Media. 13 (43): 49–67. doi:10.5937/comman13-14543. ISSN 2466-541X.
  5. ^ Potka srpskog identiteta : antizapadnjaštvo, rusofilistvo, tradicionalizam ... Sonja Biserko. Beograd. 2016. ISBN 978-86-7208-202-9. OCLC 961214498.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ "Slobodan Antonić: Vučić kao politički Don Žuan, ili kako istovremeno obezbediti podršku i Informera i E-novina". Nova srpska politička misao (in Serbian). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Belgrade court fines editor of pro-government tabloid". N1 (in Serbian). 26 May 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ Spaic, Igor. "Serbia: Government-Friendly Tabloid Continues Attacking Independent Media". www.occrp.org. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  9. ^ "BIRN Editor Wins Case Against Serbian Pro-Govt Tabloid". Balkan Insight. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  10. ^ Communication and Media (in Serbian). Belgrade: Communication Direction Institute; Faculty of Political Sciences. 2018. ISSN 2466-5452.
  11. ^ a b "U.S. ambassador dubs pro-regime tabloid Informer scum – Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija". Slavko Ćuruvija fondacija. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. ^ a b "IZ BEOGRADA PERO ZLATAR Kako je naša predsjednica postala Diamond Fox u srpskom Informeru". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Serbia Tabloid Targets BIRN, Other Media, as 'Mercenaries'". Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Vlasnik najtiražnijih novina u Srbiji: Svi smo mi Šešelj" (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  15. ^ ""Informer" mora da plati 150.000 dinara uredniku KRIK-a". N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script)). Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  16. ^ "GOVOR MRŽNJE: "Šiptarske svinjarije" u obradi "Informera"". portalanalitika.me (in Bosnian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Ko s Informerom tikve sadi". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). 17 November 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  18. ^ "e-novine.com – Proterajte Sonju Biserko iz Srbije". e-novine.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  19. ^ "NUNS: Šovinističko denunciranje Dinka Gruhonjića | Cenzolovka". Cenzolovka (in Serbian). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2018.