{"id":"SIG-SRB-058","country":"Serbia","excerpt":"Večernje novosti produces \"Lažomer\" YouTube video repeating and extending Kurir campaign narratives with fabricated data charts displaying figures unrelated to Građanske inicijative. Video uses tense background music and alternates between unrelated charts to create impression of documented evidence. Lažomer (\"Lies Counter\") was created as a direct institutional mirror of Istinomer (\"Truth Counter\"), Serbia's first fact-checking outlet — deliberately appropriating the credibility architecture of","date_text":"Jan 2026","actor_text":"Večernje novosti","source_url":"https://www.kurir.rs/news/9889127/the-hidden-link-between-citizens-initiatives-and-proglas","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-012","incident_id":"SRB-058","observation":{"target":"Građanske inicijative; independent fact-checking ecosystem","case_id":"SRB-058","country":"Serbia","signal_id":"SIG-SRB-058","harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","source_url":"https://www.kurir.rs/news/9889127/the-hidden-link-between-citizens-initiatives-and-proglas","campaign_id":"SRB-CAMP-012","source_type":"YouTube","tactic_code":"Pseudo-documentary / Propaganda Film","target_type":"CSO; Fact-checking ecosystem","trigger_type":"TR-08: Proactive / Ambient","actor_primary":"Večernje novosti","campaign_phase":"Phase 3: Amplification","event_date_raw":"Jan 2026","channel_primary":"YouTube","date_confidence":"month_year","confidence_notes":"ANALYTICALLY DISTINCT TACTIC: Lažomer is not amplification — it is institutional neutralization of verification infrastructure. By mirroring Istinomer's name and format, it creates equivalence between independent fact-checking and regime propaganda in public perception. This is sophisticated informa","escalation_stage":"3","actor_type_primary":"Regime-Aligned Media","source_text_excerpt":"Večernje novosti produces \"Lažomer\" YouTube video repeating and extending Kurir campaign narratives with fabricated data charts displaying figures unrelated to Građanske inicijative. Video uses tense background music and alternates between unrelated charts to create impression of documented evidence. Lažomer (\"Lies Counter\") was created as a direct institutional mirror of Istinomer (\"Truth Counter\"), Serbia's first fact-checking outlet — deliberately appropriating the credibility architecture of","consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","secondary_source_url":"","event_date_normalized":"2026-01-01","primary_narrative_code":"NF-02","primary_narrative_label":"Financial Corruption / Grant Abuse","secondary_narrative_code":"NF-07","institutional_consequence":"Narrative damage; Neutralization of independent fact-checking credibility; Chilling effect on CSO transparency communication","secondary_narrative_label":"Democratic Mandate Attack"},"response_id":null,"source_type":"YouTube","target_text":"Građanske inicijative; independent fact-checking ecosystem","date_confidence":"month_year","normalized_date":"2026-01-01","confidence_notes":"ANALYTICALLY DISTINCT TACTIC: Lažomer is not amplification — it is institutional neutralization of verification infrastructure. By mirroring Istinomer's name and format, it creates equivalence between independent fact-checking and regime propaganda in public perception. This is sophisticated informa","secondary_source_url":""}