April 13, 2017/ By Mediapool The growing presence of political and corporate propaganda in Bulgaria’s media is the most obvious indicator of the ongoing transformation in media ownership in the country. The market is increasingly occupied by the so-called “quasi-media”, pro-government propaganda agents and publications that carry out smear campaigns against politicians, journalists, and newspapers…
November 24, 2016/ By RT If an EU resolution against the Russian media is implemented, Moscow will take retaliatory measures, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has stated. “We hope that the resolution will not entail practical steps on curbing the work of the Russian media,” the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Maria Zakharova told journalists at a briefing. “There…
November 24, 2016/ By Tass The resolution adopted by the European Parliament on combating other countries’ propaganda, including Russia, serves as evidence of the crisis of the Western system of values, Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee, wrote on his blog. “Extreme demonization of Russia in this document has its…
November 23, 2016/ By Notas Periodismo Popular El Parlamento europeo votó este martes una resolución sobre la “comunicación estratégica” con el objetivo de combatir una presunta campaña informativa rusa contra la Unión Europea (UE). Además de comparar a Rusia con el Estado Islámico, el texto está plagado de frases que dan la sensación de un…
March 30, 2016 / By Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty Latvian authorities shut down Russia’s pro-Kremlin news site Sputnik on March 29, calling it a “propaganda tool” and drawing an immediate rebuke from Moscow. Latvia’s local domain registry suspended Sputnik’s right to hold the news site Sputniknews.lv, which was established only a few weeks ago to…
3 December 2015 / By Dunja Mijatović, Index on Cersorship Propaganda, counterpropaganda and information wars are all terms that, unfortunately, have become part of our daily discourse. As the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, I have raised the issue of propaganda emanating from the conflict in and…
Observatory of Media Pluralism 