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RTRS selectively quotes Davor Dragičević at December 2021 Trg Krajine gathering — broadcasting only his criticism of BiH institutions, opposition politicians, and NGOs; complete…

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RTRS selectively quotes Davor Dragičević at December 2021 Trg Krajine gathering — broadcasting only his criticism of BiH institutions, opposition politicians, and NGOs; completely omitting his accusations against Dodik, Minister of Interior Lukač, RS police, and Aleksandar Vučić. Creates false impression that grieving father sides with RTRS anti-CSO narrative. Gerila.info analysis documents this as consistent RTRS pattern since first protests in 2018: systematically amplifying anti-CSO and anti-opposition quotes while suppressing all accountability-directed statements. Tactic: weaponizing a victim's authentic words through selective editing rather than fabrication — achieves delegitimization while maintaining plausible deniability ('we quoted him directly'). RTRS had simultaneously been 'aggregator and initiator' of false labeling of Pravda za Davida supporters as foreign agents since 2018.
country
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)
date text
Dec 2021
entities
sources
  • citation
    Gerila.info December 26 2021; Srđan Puhalo/HBS October 2018; RSE January 2019
tactics
narratives
campaign ids
campaign phase
Phase 2: Media Execution
campaigns served
channels
  • State TV (RTRS)
civic response
Gerila.info publishes detailed analysis exposing selective quotation pattern; documents three-year RTRS practice of suppressing accountability-directed statements. No institutional response or correction from RTRS.
consequence category
Social Trust Erosion
created at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
date precision
month
enabler status
Active
enabler type
Media Infrastructure
escalation
2
harm track
Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
id
BIH-031
institutional consequence
Narrative damage; Chilling effect
notes
ANALYTICALLY DISTINCT TACTIC: Selective quotation differs from fabrication — uses authentic words, removes context, creates false alignment. Deniable but documented as deliberate three-year pattern by Gerila analysis. Victim instrumentalization: grieving father's words weaponized against the CSOs that defended him. Shows how state media functions as narrative laundering infrastructure — not by inventing claims but by curating which truths are amplified. Complements Karganović/FSK written infrastructure (BIH-028) with broadcast media dimension.
occurred on
2021-12-01
signal ids
trigger type
TR-02: Civic Mobilization
updated at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
version
1

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