Javno financiranje strankarske propagande in pomanjkanje varovalk na tem področju, ki smo jih preiskovali v naši raziskavi financiranja sovraštva, je zopet odmevalo v tujini – tokrat v poročilu o vladavini prava skupine Liberties.
Political influence on the distribution of advertisements, from state bodies and public companies, to media that is close to political groups in power, has been observed and reported by watchdogs for many years under various governments. Under the previous government, in power until June 2022, political misuse of state advertising included an allocation of advertisements for public bodies and companies to the media affiliated with the ruling party, who were clearly disseminating propaganda, disinformation, and hate speech.
Rule of law report 2023: Slovenia, 443:2023
“Večkratno citiranje naše raziskave potrjuje pomembnost in edinstvenost našega dela v slovenskem medijskem prostoru,” spominja direktor zavoda Državljan D, Domen Savič. “Gre namreč za edinstven pogled v drobovje večletnih zlorab javnega denarja in hkratne pasivnost regulatornih in nadzornih organov na tem področju,” opozarja.
Hkrati je še enkrat potrebno podčrtati neučinkovito financiranje nevladnih organizacij s strani domačih in tujih virov, ki onemogočajo resno in večletno preiskovanje podobnih fenomenov. “Gre za sistemski problem financiranja nevladnih organizacij, ki dosedaj ostaja nenaslovljen,” poudarja Savič.