The unfounded claim by the Serbian community political entity "Serbian List" (Srpska Lista) made on September 6th, alleging that media in Kosovo are being ordered to attack the vice president of the Serbian political entity, Milan Radojčić, is being re-updated in the Serbian Parliament and Serbian-language media.
Yesterday (September 14), Serbian-language media published a statement by Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) MP Vladimir Djukanovic, who, during a speech in the Serbian Parliament, alluded that the media in Kosovo has been tasked with waging a hybrid war against Radojcic in particular, but also against Kosovo Serbs in general.
In his speech, Djukanovic alludes to the fact that a hybrid psychological war is being waged against Serbs, and that this is being led by a center, coordinated by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and that it is being quoted in the media.
The article is titled "Blood in the Parliament: Media in Kosovo and Metohija were tasked with waging hybrid warfare against Milan Radoicic."
Link to the article published on "Kossev.info":
Parts of the article published on "Kossev.info":
"I believe that even those down in Kosovo and Metohija were given the task of what to write to run a campaign," he explained how the hybrid war against Milan Radoicic and other state officials works, providing further details:
"And as you can see, it is very indicative, when for example some statements are made against our people from Kosovo and Metohija and against you – almost the same sentences, the comma does not change – that it is Albin Kurti, or that someone else in Kosovo and Metohija, as if the same center wrote it, as if you have the same communiqué and that is how it is quoted. People should only know that a kind of hybrid psychological war is being waged against us, but a good one – and we should be ready for this."
The Serbian MP's claims were picked up by Serbian-language media. (here, here)
The allegations made by Serbian MP Djukanovic, which have gained ground in Serbian-language media outlets, that the media in Kosovo are allegedly ordered by the center, specifically Kurti's government, to wage a hybrid war against Serbs, specifically Milan Radojcic, are not accompanied by any supporting facts. The Serbian MP's statement was not accompanied by concrete facts and details that would support his claim.
In fact, even the claim made earlier by the Serbian List about, as they have alluded to, the targeting of media outlets "controlled by Albin Kurti" against Milan Radojčić's children is not accompanied by any supporting facts, which has been addressed by hibrid.info. (here)
Furthermore, there is also an unfounded allusion to a coordination of the media in Kosovo with the official center, specifically the government headed by Kurti. No fact or data is provided that would argue the claim of coordination or control of the media in Kosovo with the official government.
Analyze:
Serbian MP Vladimir Djukanovic repeats the claim that the media in Kosovo, coordinated by official Pristina, headed by Albin Kurti, are waging a hybrid war against Radojcic in particular but also Kosovo Serbs in general, without providing concrete facts or details about what he claims.
Hibrid.info, based on fact-checking, assesses that these claims are unfounded, based on the fact that they do not provide facts about it, and are assessed as "Unverified".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.