Acting upon a complaint regarding a violation of Principle I of the Journalists' Code of Ethics in the article titled “Young Man Suspected of Raping a Dog”, published on Pobjeda's website on 2 April 2025, the Complaints Commission of the Media Self-Regulation Council adopts the following decision:
Acting on the complaint regarding the violation of Principle III of the Journalists' Code and the non-publication of a response to the article “Young man suspected of raping a dog,” published on 2 April 2025 on the Pobjeda portal, the Complaints Commission of the Media Council for Self-Regulation issues the following decision:
The Media Council for Self-Regulation received a complaint from Nataša Pejaković on May 8. In her complaint, Ms. Pejaković states:
“I am addressing you regarding yesterday’s broadcasts on TV NOVA M related to the indictment for the cowardly murder of Lipovina and Pejaković, in which an unblurred image of our child was shown. For the first time in six months, I saw my only child in the condition he was in — which I experienced as being murdered a second time. I cannot recover from the shock, nor can the rest of the family.
Acting on the appeal regarding the violation of Principle I of the Code of Ethics of Montenegrin Journalists in the article “Young Man Suspected of Raping a Dog”, published on April 2, 2025, on the Pobjeda portal, the Appeals Commission of the Media Council for Self-Regulation issues the following decision:
The Media Council for Self-Regulation received a complaint from Dragana Maljević. In her complaint, among other things, she stated that she was contacting the Council regarding an article published by the portal Kodex in 2016. In the complaint, she requested that the personal data of an individual, who was a minor at the time the article was created ten years ago, be removed from the text.
The Media Council for Self-Regulation received a complaint from B. Tusevljak regarding the work of TV Nova M. The complaint was sent from the email address:
