Blog: Arab news about European Parliament elections
Blog: Al-Jazeera insists that extremists and nationalists are preparing to purge the European Parliament in the upcoming elections
Blog: Fact-checking people: a bridge too far?
When we started our first-check, the idea was kind of strange to us, even though we are students journalism, the concept isn’t really integrated into our news cycle. When we went to look for examples, we found fact-checks about studies, political parties, news articles but not about real people or what they say. When…
Media monitor: “Right-wing parties set to double seats in Europe”
By Tringa Hasaj Russia Today (RT) UK posted a video on Twitter on March 11th 2019 about a rising of right-wing parties in Europe. We believe the claim to be mostly true. The poll was first reported on by Bild on March 8th. The survey supposedly reveals that right-wing parties in Europe will double…
Blog: When conflicting laws lead to conflicting interpretations
In our pursuit of an interesting topic for our first fact check analysis, we decided to watch the most popular weekly Croatian TV talk show Nedjeljom u 2. In one episode, the guest was Mislav Kolakušić, a prominent judge in Zagreb’s Commercial Court who has become popular for his strong views on politics and current…
Blog: Did the media play a role in Forum for Democracy’s success?
What role did the media play in the run-up to the Dutch provincial and Senate elections of 20 March? These were won by the far-right populist Forum for Democracy and its leader Thierry Baudet. Shouldn’t the media have fact-checked, corrected and brought to attention the danger that the party and its leader present? This is…
Blog: A tiresome search for numbers
A young Austrian politician and candidate for the EU parliament election recently stated that there were between „25.000 and 30.000 lobbyists“ working in Brussels“ spending around 1,15 billion Euros (yearly) in order to influence policies and laws. One would assume that numbers are easy to verify. We thought so as well. However, we got confronted…
Blog: Media monitor – How Russian media disseminate info on EU
On March the 4th, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted “an appeal” to Europe.
Interview: “No-deal Brexit? That would be the worst case scenario”
On the 14th of March, the British Parliament decided they don’t want a no-deal. The House of Commons voted by 312 to 308 to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances.
Analysis: “Attacks on migrants and minorities could rise up to the EU-elections”, Russian media claim
Italy’s intelligence services warn of increasing violence against immigrants
Blog: Salvini – puppet of Russia?
The number of attacks on migrants has increased in Italy. Matteo Salvini is accused of this. Also, he is accused in connections with Russia.