Mr. Milenko Pavlovic - daily “Euro Blic”, 11.05.2011

11.05.2011

 

Mr. MILENKO PAVLOVIC – daily “EURO BLIC”

COMPLAINANT:
Mr. Milenko Pavlovic

MEDIA WHICH THE COMPLAINT REGARDS:
Daily “Euro Blic”

ARTICLE/CONTENT WHICH THE COMPLAINT REGARDS:
Article “They Cut the Apple and Pear Trees and Made a Fortune”

DATE PUBLISHED:
07 May 2011

The Press Council in B&H received the complaint of Mr. Milenko Pavlovic, regarding the article “They Cut the Apple and Pear Trees and Made a Fortune”, published on 07.05.2011 in the daily “Euro Blic”.
The complaint regards the publishing of the photograph on the front page of the daily “Euro Blic”, under which the name of Mr. Milenko Pavlovic is written, without indication that he is a the director of the Investment Bank of RS, and not the “tycoon” which the article writes about, whose photo is also on the front page, besides the photo of the complainant. 
The complaint also regards “paraphrasing”, in the same article, which “Euro Blic” published a year earlier as part of a report on orchards of the firm “Fruit-Eko”.
Mr. Pavlovic’s denial was not published in the daily “Euro Blic”, nor did the Press Council in B&H receive an explanation, from the editor, of the reasons for the failure to publish the denial.

OUTCOME:
The Complaints Commission of the Press Council in B&H has analyzed the published article and the received denial and found breach of Article 5, paragraph 1 and 2 – Accuracy and Fair Reporting of the Press Code of B&H.
The Commission also concludes that the editorial staff had the obligation to publish the denial of the complainant in accordance with Article 7 – Opportunity to Reply of the Press Code of B&H.

Adjudication of the Complaints Commission

Euro Blic