<http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=768> Defamation on B92 TV
by Srdja Trifkovic http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=768 On the last day of October I was crudely libeled on B92, a leading "pro-Western" TV network in Serbia, in a live program in which I appeared as an invited guest. The facts of the case follow herewith; its finale may yet come in a courtroom. Last Thursday, October 30, I received a call on my cell phone in Belgrade — which I am currently visiting – from a producer with B92 Television, a national conglomerate regarded as the most USG/EU/NATO-friendly media corporation in the country. I was invited to take part in "The State of The Nation" (Stanje nacije), a 30-minute current affairs program that was going to be broadcast live at 6 p.m. the following day, Friday, October 31. The topic was to be the forthcoming presidential election in the United States. I accepted this invitation although I disagree with many positions taken by the B92, because appearing on a network does not imply endorsement of its editorial policy. I have appeared on B92 before, notably on a popular Sunday panel-style program "The Week's Impression" (Utisak nedelje). Likewise over the years I have accepted invitations from the BBC, CBC, Sky News, ITN, MSNBC, etc. on more than one hundred occasions – although I disagree with many aspects of their corporate philosophy, reportage, or editorial commentary. While introducing the guests, former government minister Professor Zarko Korac and myself, the presenter said that I had described John McCain as a "neurotic cockroach." I have never said or written anything of the kind, but I did not correct him right away because I was initially uncertain whether he was giving a personal, somewhat colorful interpretative summary of my views of Sen. McCain, or providing a purported verbatim quote. Having reviewed the recording of the program I can confirm that the latter was the case: the presenter alleged that I called John McCain "a neurotic cockroach." This was an untruthful statement about me. It was presented to a wide audience through broadcast media. It was invented out of whole cloth, and therefore malicious in intent. By asserting that I stoop to the language of the gutter, B92 undermined my credibility as a journalist and analyst, thus injuring my professional and personal reputation and standing. In other words, it is a classic case of libel. I will give B92 an opportunity to apologize, to issue a correction worded to my satisfaction to be broadcast in the same program, and to settle my damages out of court. It is to be hoped that they will see the error of their ways and act responsibly and reasonably. On the other hand they may decide to remain true to the principles of journalism as practiced by the paragons of media integrity and independence in the Western world, such as the Murdoch empire, CNN's Ms. Amanpour, or the Gray Lady, in which case I'll be pleased to lighten their coffers. Watch this space! <http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=768&akst_action=share-this> Share This Responses to "Defamation on B92 TV" 1. on 01 Nov 2008 at 6:10 am <http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=768#comment-180795> 1Etienne Gervaise Srdja, I would not count on any apology, but I'll pray you win the lawsuit lottery. Hopefully Serbia's free speech laws are not as dumb as ours. Personally, with regard to the senator from Arizona, the talk show host may not have reached deeply into the gutter enough. McCain is worse in my opinion than a neurotic cockroach. And Lil' Smokin' Barry from your own state of Illinois is the illegitimate. Indonesian mulatto son of crazy, spiteful Stanley Anne Dunham. He is also a doctrinaire marxist — a disciple of the vile Saul Alinsky, and the dead Gramsci. He is also an empty suit and will be a terrific puppet fot the Israeli lobby. I'll bet no talk show would ever mention these factoids without pear of retribution from the teams of cromwellian cell groups and "truth squads." 2. on 01 Nov 2008 at 7:56 am <http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=768#comment-180800> 2Kirt Higdon But don't you WISH you had said it???? 3. on 01 Nov 2008 at 8:21 am <http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/?p=768#comment-180805> 3george If they work for 92 they have no character at all. The only ones with character to cover the Balkans are yourself, Michael Averko and especially Andy Wilcox at slobodanmilosevic.org who covered the Milosevic trail which showed without a doubt there definitely is a NWO one world government. B92 is occupation government mass media outlet of George Soros who genocided the Serbs in Kosovo and Bosnia and that is exactly what it was genocide. It would be interesting to see how they covered Russia-Georgia conflict of Soro's client state Georgia's blitz on South Ossetia. Although I can predict how they covered it like all of the western Russian hating mass media. "Likewise over the years I have accepted invitations from the BBC, CBC, Sky News, ITN, MSNBC" There as cronious as B92 you only have to look at how they covered the MURDER of Slobodan Milosevic at the Hague. Especially ITN and its fake Serb death camp story which contributed to the influx of international Muslim terrorism in the Bosnian war a war crime under international law. Who are what Michael Collins Piper terms in his book "Judas Goats" of Serbia like people who work for NGO's
