{
  "id": 16770254,
  "title": "Serbian public broadcaster apologizes for years of one-sided news coverage during Aleksandar Vučić’s rule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/serbian-public-broadcaster-apologizes-for-years-of-one-sided-news",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T16:48:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/27/serbian-public-broadcaster-apologizes-for-years-of-one-sided-news-coverage-during-aleksandar-vucic-s-rule"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Serbian public broadcaster RTV issued an apology on air for years of one-sided news coverage during the rule of former President Aleksandar Vučić. The anchor, Goran Eror, read a statement acknowledging the broadcaster had \"turned a blind eye to many things,\" failing to report critically and ask the right questions. Some employees had fought to allow journalists freedom of work but the struggle was not won soon enough. Acting editor-in-chief Nenad Čačić also resigned. The apology came amid the early parliamentary election held on October 25, where Vučić, who had resigned a month prior, ran as an opposition candidate hoping to become prime minister. His party lost to a \"Student List\" movement, which emerged from 2024 protests. Similar events occurred in Hungary after Viktor Orbán stepped down after 16 years in power. Serbia's student-backed opposition defeated Vučić in the election, but it remains to be seen if they can prevent him from becoming prime minister.",
  "summary": "Radio Television of Vojvodina (RTV) apologized to viewers live on air for having “turned a blind eye to many things,” Serbian outlets reported.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}