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Raskrinkavanje.me / Center for Democratic Transition
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https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/Date
27/02/2023
Please, answer the following questions:
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Date: 07/02/2023
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Date: 07/02/2023
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Date: 07/02/2023
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Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Article 2.2: Methodology
In order to be recognised as a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN), operations must:
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
The conclusion is made by a random review of this, this, this, this and this fact-check.
It is following the reality of political spectrum in a state like Montenegro.
Also, practice is mentioned in methodology.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
When choosing the posts that we analyze, Raskrinkavanje gives priority to articles and posts that concern international and regional politics, human rights and democracy, as well as posts and articles of special public importance, such as public health.
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Diving deper in to the randome few examples - one, two, three, four and five - just confirmed stated above.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/prijavite-clanak/
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Needs more info
Date: 21/04/2023
However, there are few links in which some important parts of the story are missing, like this, this and this. These are random links, so suggestion is to check as much possible.
Statements or headlines which are the main subject of fact-check or connected to it are announced and they don't exist (there are links in some but sentences then need to be changed).
I don't know what is the reason for this, but sometimes it can happen when media changes the provider or the CMS.
It needs to be fixed.
Applicant
Needs more info
Date: 27/06/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 29/06/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 23/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 21/04/2023
Best Practices:
In addition to the required standards listed above, the Code identifies the following as a best practice that is encouraged but not required to join the EFCSN.
Article 3.1: Non-Partisanship and Impartiality
In order to be recognised as a verified member of the European Fact-checking Standards Network (EFCSN), operations must:
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
The Government, political parties and politicians do not have control and influence over the work of Raskrinkavanje and no political party or side of the political spectrum is a special focus of the work and research of the Raskrinkavanje newsroom.
We always provide links to all sources in our debunk articles so that everyone can, at anytime, check for themselves credibility of our analyses. Ultimately, it is for our audience to judge for themselves whether we succeed—we would encourage readers to judge our individual fact checks and our body of work as a whole.
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 26/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.cdtmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Statut-CDT-a-CG.pdf
These rules also apply to Raskrinkavanje employees, and are strictly applied in the recruitment and selection process. Raskrinkavanje complies with the Code of Journalists of Montenegro and international standards of professional journalism. Our journalists and researchers must not be partisan or participate in any election or any other advocacy campaign that could cause a real or perceived conflict of interest.
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 27/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Also, after checking applicants fact-checking operations, or its parent organisation, I couldn't find any evidence that applicant has openly supported a political candidate.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
We do not discriminate against the media in relation to editorial policy, and treat disinformation equally, whether it is published in pro-Western or anti-Western, pro-government or pro-opposition media. As we do not monitor any individual media, but the entirety of (dis)information space, you will notice that most of our articles actually refer to more than one outlet.
Bojana Konatar (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 26/04/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Based on the links provided by the applicant and also with political reality of Montenegro, it complies with standard.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.cdtmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Statut-CDT-a-CG.pdf
These rules also apply to Raskrinkavanje employees, and are strictly applied in the recruitment and selection process. Our platform does not employ and will not employ any person who is in a political party or has a position in the government and public enterprises that are under the direct control of parties or the Government.
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Regarding the biographies of the stuff - in CDTMN they have link to Linkedin. However - Goran Delic, Jelena Jovanović, Tijana Velimirovic and Jelena Tomic's link to Linkedin doesn't exist, so biographies are not available on that site..
At Raskrinkavanje.me there are short bio's for Goran Delić, Tijana Velimirović and Jelena Jovanović. So, only Jelena Tomić's bio is missing.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Raskrinkanje.me respects the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Journalists of Montenegro. It is stipulated there that in preparing the report, journalists are obliged to properly assess the commitments and possible interests of their sources. If the source belongs to an interest group or is in any way close to it, this should be clearly stated.
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/metodologija/#1618314831306-34ec6ab1-7747
Issues of conflict of interest are defined by the Statute of the Center for Democratic Transition (parent organization) and further elaborated by the internal Rules of Procedure.
The statute is available here https://www.cdtmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Statut-CDT-a-CG.pdf
The Rules of Procedure are available upon request.
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
The Rules of Procedure of CDT prescribes in detail the procedure for determining disciplinary responsibility, and any party political engagement could be interpreted as a violation of work obligations in the form of a violation of the Statute and damage to the business reputation of CDT and Raskrinkavanje.me.
https://www.cdtmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Statut-CDT-a-CG.pdf
The Rules of Procedure are available upon request.
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
The CDT's internal Rules of Procedure stipulate that an employee may not ask for money or a certain gift in exchange for influence in the performance of his official duties. Exceptionally, it is allowed to receive items of low value that can be interpreted as business attention (New Year greetings, anniversary greetings, suitable corporate gifts that do not have significant monetary or other value).
The Rules of Procedure are available upon request.
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 28/04/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Our parent organization CDT is an advocacy organization, and they do advocacy in various areas related to democracy and the rule of law. Relying on a large amount of analysis, data and research from the Raskrinkavanje.me editorial office, CDT advocates the improvement of the media ecosystem and the fight against misinformation.
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Needs more info
Date: 28/04/2023
Applicant
Needs more info
Date: 27/06/2023
This is a direct link https://www.cdtmn.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/pravila_zagovoranja_cdt.
It can be accessed from the "Our Transparency" pages, where it is hyperlinked in the first paragraph https://www.cdtmn.org/nasa-transparentnost/
Article 3.2: Privacy and Safety
In order to be recognised as a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN), operations must:
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 01/05/2023
However, link to the origin of the story - Sputnik, doesn't work, so there is no link to the fact that was checked (probably because it is marked as a fake news since link is to FB). There are secondary sources who were quoting Sputnik, but it would be good to have link to the origin / or a screenshot.
Also, again, there is this way of writing the sentence "Dodatni dokaz koji demantuje tvrdnju da su kosovski Albanci uzvikivali parole posvećene Kosovu je i transparent sa porukom: " where after double dot there is nothing, so there is no proof about that sentence. Also, in the same article, there is this - "Takođe, redakciji portala 24Sedam je ova informacija poslužila kao povod za objavljivanje homofobnog naslova i sadržaja:" - there is a link but also double dots after which there is nothing. The fact-checking report lost most of the quotes needed in it. As I stated before - this needs to be fixed.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
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Date: 07/02/2023
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Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
For rebuttals of published information Raskrinkavanje adheres to the provisions of the Montenegrin Law on Media. According to the law, anyone who is affected by information that may infringe his right or interest has the right to demand from the editor-in-chief to publish a response refuting, supplementing or correcting untrue, incomplete or incorrectly transmitted information. Anyone can file a lawsuit against the editor-in-chief for the publication of the answer if the editor-in-chief does not publish the answer. The publication of an answer or correction can be requested from the editor-in-chief of the media, within 30 days from the day of publication of the media content, i.e. from the day when the authorized person found out about the publication, if for objective reasons he could not find out within the specified period.
Best Practices
In addition to the required standards listed above, the Code identifies the following as a best practice that is encouraged but not required to join the EFCSN.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 01/05/2023
Article 3.3: Honest corrections
In order to be recognised as a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN), operations must:
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Corrections policy is available here https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/ispravke-i-dopune
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 01/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Anyway, Raskrinkavanje has rules of corrections which provide that our content is never deleted and that corrections are done in transparent manner by providing, as much as possible, the reach of correction trough the same channels and by always keeping our original content.
Also, in our rules of conduct we have prescribed that correction is done with the clear notion of what was wrong in the article and why and when it was corrected. The same rule applies for our social networks content.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
The notion of correction contains clear explanation on what has been changed in the analysis and on the basis of which new information, as well as the date when the change has occurred. The same rule applies for our social networks content.
Corrections policy is available here https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/ispravke-i-dopune
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 01/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Corrections policy and record of corrections is is available here https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/ispravke-i-dopune
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 01/05/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 01/05/2023
Best Practices:
In addition to the required standards listed above, the Code identifies the following as best practices that are encouraged but not required to join the EFCSN.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Article 4.1: Organisational transparency
In order to be recognised as a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN), operations must:
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Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/impressum/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
The required data is available here https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/finansiranje/.
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
The required information is available here https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/finansiranje/.
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/o-nama/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
https://www.cdtmn.org/nasa-organizacija/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Article 4.2: Financial transparency and conflicts of interest
In order to be recognised as a verified member of the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN), organisations or parent organisations must:
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
The other link - connected to a state regitry is out of my reach :)
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
In accordance with Montenegrin laws, all official annual financial reports of CDT are also available on the website of the Tax Administration https://eprijava.tax.gov.me/TaxisPortal
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
This is clearly indicated in the "financing" section of the website https://www.raskrinkavanje.me/finansiranje/
Zarka Radoja (assessor)
Compliant
Date: 03/05/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Also, our operation and organization never prepare and publish sponsored content in the classic sense, i.e. no one can pay to advertise through any of our content.
However, as CDT (and Raskrinkavanje) are mainly financed by foreign and international organizations, through donations, in some cases the donor of the project is acknowledged on the products. Most often, on printed publications, visuals, video materials. In that case, next to the donor's logo, a mandatory disclaimer is published that the views expressed are those of CDT/Raskrinkavanje, and not of the donor.
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Date: 07/02/2023
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023
Best Practices
In addition to the required standards listed above, the Code identifies the following as a best practice that is encouraged but not required to join the EFCSN.
Applicant
Date: 07/02/2023