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Protesters storm Serbian TV station after opposition wins election

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Bloomberg, The New York Times and Al Jazeera English report that a student-led opposition movement won Sunday’s election in Serbia, ousting the ruling party that the outlets associate with former president Aleksandar Vucic. The outlets say that on Monday evening about 30 people entered the newsroom of the pro-government Informer TV, surrounding its editor-in-chief and owner Dragan Vucicevic, and that protesters called for his arrest. Vucic called the incident an attack on free speech and journalism. The movement also demanded an overhaul of media outlets seen as Vucic’s mouthpieces.

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  1. A student-led opposition movement won Sunday’s election in Serbia, ousting the ruling party.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft3See the outletsHide the outlets
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    Bloomberg, The New York Times, Al Jazeera English

  2. About 30 people entered the newsroom of pro-government Informer TV on Monday evening, according to live footage the station broadcast.

    One side only: the leftReported byLeft2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The New York Times, Al Jazeera English

  3. Vucic called the incident an attack on free speech and the freedom of journalism, in a post on his Instagram account.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

  4. Protesters called for the arrest of editor-in-chief Dragan Vucicevic.

    One outletAl Jazeera English· Left

  5. The movement demanded an overhaul of media outlets seen as mouthpieces of Vucic.

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    Bloomberg, The New York Times

  6. Another news outlet apologized for years of “one-sided” coverage.

    One outletThe New York Times· Left

How each side tells it

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All four report that a student-led opposition movement won Sunday’s election and that protesters stormed a pro-Vucic TV station’s newsroom. Only left-side outlets are supplied, so this describes that side only: it stresses the movement’s demand for media reform and the raid, while Vucic calls it an attack on free speech.

  • the left

    3 outlets

    Headlines center on the protesters and the storming of a pro-Vucic TV station, with one outlet stressing the movement’s win and its media demands and others the station raid.

    Protesters storm Serbian pro-Vucic TV station after his loss at polls
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

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  • Left2

    seen as mouthpiecesfaces reckoning

  • Center

    Has not covered this story.

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    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Vague attribution

    seen as mouthpiecesMore neutral: that critics said were aligned with former leader Aleksandar Vucic

    Presents the outlets’ role as a settled judgement attributed to unnamed people rather than to a named source.

    …party in Sunday’s elections demanded an overhaul of media outlets that were seen as mouthpieces of former leader Aleksandar Vucic.

    Used byBloomberg (Left)

  • Sensational language

    faces reckoningMore neutral: as the pro-Vucic outlet faces protests

    Dramatizes the media outlet’s situation as a day of punishment, which the reported events do not establish.

    Serbians storm TV studio as pro-Vucic media faces reckoning

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

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From the left

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Leads with

  • the student movement’s election win
  • the storming of a pro-Vucic TV station
  • demands for media overhaul
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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Oct 27, 12:19 PM EDT

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  1. BloombergLeftOct 27, 12:19 PM EDT
  2. The New York TimesLeftOct 27, 12:25 PM EDT
  3. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 27, 1:37 PM EDT

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