Brutal campaign against KRIK following publishing of statement declaring it “number 1 enemy of the state”
Cenzolovka 02.08.2021
Following investigative journalism portal KRIK’s publishing of parts of the testimony of Veljko Belivuk – a supporters’ club leader accused of monstrous crimes – regarding his criminal gang’s connection with President Aleksandar Vučić and other politicians from the state leadership, pro-government media outlets launched a campaign against the portal. Unburdened by any need to present evidence, these media outlets criminalised KRIK journalists in their articles and bombastic frontpage headlines, accusing
Naslovnice tabloida (foto: krik.rs) On the frontpages of the pro-government tabloids, KRIK is dubbed as a “mafia slaughter portal” that “fired the first bullet at the president and the state”. Decidedly pro-government television channel TV Pink continued the campaign in a special broadcast in which it cited Belivuk’s allegedly wiretapped conversation with his lawyer, in an attempt to discredit KRIK. If the cited remarks are indeed authentic, broadcasting them
