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Media Fact-Checking Service Citizens are entitled to fact-based, objective and professional news and information! A basis for advocacy for media accountability.

USAID Strengthening Media in Macedonia Project – Media Fact-Checking Service Component implemented by Metamorphosis

Citizens are entitled to fact-based, objective and professional news and information! The USAID Strengthening Media in Macedonia Project – Media Fact-Checking Service Component implemented by Metamorphosis aims to empower Macedonian citizens to hold the media accountable, and to ass

ist journalists in the implementation of their professional standards, by providing online tools and resources for public education and awareness raising. The purpose of the Media Fact-Checking Service Component is to increase the citizen demand for fact-based, objective and professional news and information. The Media Fact-Checking Service Component is implemented by the Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society. Expected project outcomes include:

Establishment of the Media Fact-Checking Service, which will provide:
The creation of a permanent public record documenting key issues related to media quality and accountability in Macedonia, through expert peer reviews and analyses published on the mediumi.vistinomer.mk website. An open space for citizens and media professionals to hold a structured public discussion on issues related to the quality of media products, through the Service as an online platform. Increased citizen demand for fact-based, objective and professional news and information as a result of the published public education contents. Increased level of public awareness about standards of professional journalism and application of critical thinking as a way to confront media deviations. Increased awareness of media professionals about the professional standards enshrined in relevant codices, and their duty to seek and report the truth, in a transparent and accountable manner. Planned project activities include:

Constant production of analytical articles according to a set methodology based on journalistic ethical codices: reviews by journalists and analytical articles aimed to increase public education and incite debates about media accuracy. Cooperation with the media and civil society organizations in promoting fact-based, objective and professional journalism.

10/07/2025

It's not the first time a Western power has accused the Russian military agency GRU of cyberattacks, but never before has Paris has implicated Moscow based on its own intelligence.

09/07/2025

As part of the program Regional Initiative to Combat Disinformation “Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Hub: Exposing Malign Influences through Watchdog Journalism”, we present you a new monthly analyses of fake news and disinformation narratives. Reporting by domestic media on the actions of t...

04/07/2025

📢 New Research Study: Shadow Report on Media Freedom in North Macedonia

Metamorphosis Foundation together with Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa just published a new shadow report providing an updated overview of the media landscape in North Macedonia 🇲🇰.

The report looks at both the positive steps forward and the challenges that still remain—or are newly emerging in the country’s media sector.

🔍 Key issues addressed include:
> Press freedom and media pluralism
> Regulatory independence
> The political and economic environment for journalism

The report also puts forward a set of concrete recommendations to national authorities and EU stakeholders, calling for decisive action to strengthen media freedom in line with European and international standards.

📄 Read the full report here: https://metamorphosis.org.mk/en/izdanija_arhiva/shadow-report-on-media-freedom-in-north-macedonia/

Zoran Richliev Goran Rizaov Serena Epis Media Freedom Rapid Response - MFRR

24/06/2025

🇷🇺🇮🇱🇮🇷🇺🇦👉Immunization and past infections, not Putin and his military invasion of Ukraine, contributed to ending the COVID pandemic. As for the claim in the post that Netanyahu, through Israel’s attack on Iran, somehow liberated the world from Ukraine, it does not hold water either.

🔗Read the entire text at the link in the comment.

24/06/2025

🇷🇺🇺🇦👉Ukraine is not a terrorist state, because it has not violated international law, but has instead become the victim of an unprovoked military invasion by Russia in an attempt to seize its territories.

🔗Read the entire text at the link in the comment.

22/06/2025

Photo by NASA on Unsplash November 2024. As part of the program Regional Initiative for combating disinformation “Western Balkans Combatting disinformation Center: Exposing malicious influences through fact-checking and Analytical Journalism“, we present you a new analysis of fake news and dis

22/06/2025

With the message that Russia will achieve the goals in Ukraine that were outlined by the aggression and invasion in February 2022 and the annexation of the regions to Russia on September 30 of the same year “because the truth was on Russia’s side,” Putin caps off a whole month of strong Russia...

20/06/2025

Zelensky and the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Maliuk This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Ukraine had been preparing the attack for a year and a half and carried it out on its

20/06/2025

The Metamorphosis Foundation and the Anti-Disinformation Network for the Balkans (ADN-Balkans), through an interdisciplinary process of broad consultations in cooperation with international and regional partners, including the international conference “Together for Truth: Whole-of-Society Approach to Safeguard Democracy,” held in April 2025 in Skopje, developed the Position Paper: Blueprint for Protection of Democracy from Information Threats.
🔗Read the entire text at the link in the comment.

20/06/2025

A chain reaction of Russian high-level officials was triggered by the delivery and operational deployment of long-range Western missile systems used by the U.S. and Germany. At the beginning of June 2024, a Ukrainian Member of Parliament confirmed to CNN that the Ukrainian military started using the

20/06/2025

This article was first published by Truthmeter.mk (North Macedonia), within the framework of Western Balkans Anti-Disinformation Project. Disinformation is circulating in the region regarding Ukrainian special forces being dissatisfied with the Ukrainian Army’s new leadership and their subsequent

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