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Michal Sirový congratulated Michal Škop and Datajournalist on their nearly live predictions for all senatorial districts and the largest cities. He stated that successful predictions can be made after counting just a few percent of votes or precincts. He criticized the media for continuing to debate the results, arguing that not enough votes have been counted, even though he believes that sufficient data is usually available during elections to estimate the final outcome. He added that the media, both commercial and public, should preferably publish timely predictions with a small margin of error rather than spend hours commenting on data corresponding to votes for parliamentary parties. #predikce #volby #žurnalistika (translated)

Field chaplain Katz criticized an unnamed speaker in the block, who according to him stated that some journalists were not allowed in due to limited capacity and the number of employees at Czech Television, while they did not want to take some of them. He described the speaker in an insulting manner and wrote that the remark was made with an arrogant sneer. He added that the moderator did not respond. #Žurnalistika #Čeština #Média (translated)

Nikita Klimentjevs wrote that Latvia has begun the procedure for the expulsion of Leonid Ragozin. He pointed out that Ragozin presents himself in foreign media as an independent and honest journalist who has fled Russia, while claiming that Russia does not attack civilian objects in Ukraine and that Ukraine's air defense is to blame for this. Klimentjevs ironically referred to this stance as "independence." https://t.co/FVHj92b4ZF #Latvija #žurnālistika #Krievija (translated)

Otto Ozols, after Ragozin's expulsion, asked whether people in Latvia would be named who, in his opinion, helped Ragozin gain publicity and spread Kremlin propaganda, which he presented as investigative journalism. Ozols claimed that Ragozin and his accomplices deliberately spread lies in Latvia before Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine to discredit Ukraine and diminish Western support. Ozols wrote that Ragozin had allies in Latvia connected to Sarmīte Ēlerte's so-called "Ministry of Truth." He described Ēlerte as an active backroom operative of the New Unity party and an unofficial representative of the party's propaganda efforts. Ozols asserted that there had been no doubt about Ragozin's activities from the very beginning and asked why New Unity had not noticed and acted on it for years. He also associated this question with the transit of manganese ore and Russian grain. Ozols expressed that representatives of New Unity should not be allowed to handle state foreign affairs or security issues. He also wrote that Latvian Radio News, Krustpunktā, and LTV News would likely not investigate or discuss these connections. #Latvija #KremļaPropaganda #Mediķi (translated)

Ansis Pūpols asked why the LSM journalist Eva Johansone's association Ascendum distributed what he believed to be a radical pro-Palestinian ideology, pointing out that the association received 222,000 euros from the state budget last year. He linked his question to Satori's news editor Agnese Radziņa, claiming that she had previously been a candidate for the Progressive party's Saeima deputy and had worked in the association ProtestsYouth, which Pūpols described as a radical pro-Palestinian organization. Pūpols asked Eva Johansone whether Satori publications are written in the "Bakery" and whether Ascendum collaborates with the State Security Service in preventing radical extremism. He concluded the post with the hashtag "StateMoneyForOwn." #ValstsNaudaSavējiem #Žurnālistika #Propalestine #Sabiedrība (translated)

"We strongly condemn yet another serious attack on journalists trying to cover events in the West Bank and demand a thorough investigation. It is unacceptable that armed settlers can beat and rob journalists in front of Israeli security forces who do not even attempt to intervene," said AFP's global news director Phil Chetwynd. #Izraelis #VakarųKrantas #žurnalistika (translated)

Israeli settlers in the West Bank beat AFP photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh and shot at him and his colleague while they were preparing a report about violence against Palestinian olive growers, and during the incident, the photographer's equipment was also stolen. #Izraelis #VakarųKrantas #žurnalistika (translated)

Artis Pabriks wrote that there were ministers in the previous government who pressured the National Armed Forces to state that Latvia should not withdraw from the Ottawa Convention. He pointed out that journalists called him a fool when he called for withdrawal and claimed that for this reason even the production of simple mines and many other things had been delayed. Pabriks asked where these people are now. #politika #valdība #žurnālistika (translated)

The author criticized an article that was supposed to be published on the same day that editors urged politicians to behave decently. He stated that its headline seemed tabloid-like and mentioned that he does not understand why journalists are surprised by the growing aggression in society. He added that Super belongs to Seznam and also mentioned the editor of another media outlet. https://t.co/skBGeBT57O #žurnalistika #mediálníetiket #společnost #CZ (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that after sharing a statement from 40 editors-in-chief, he criticized the journalistic community for failing to unanimously agree on a rejection of violence and equal access to information sharing. He added that he generally expressed his personal opinion about those who repeatedly did not stand up for their colleagues. Subsequently, according to him, he received a number of insults and comparisons to communists. He emphasized that by not signing the statement, in his view, no harm was caused to anyone nor will it be. He stated that he did not plan to fire, kill, or hang anyone and did not prepare lists of inconvenient people. He thanked the remaining 39 editors-in-chief for supporting their colleagues across the field and apologized to them that the discussion had shifted in a different direction due to his contribution. He responded to criticism with several other apologies, including to podcast entrepreneurs, a former colleague, a Czech writer, and a former MEP. Regarding the former colleague, he recalled that for the last 10 years, the status of journalism had been labeled bad, despite the fact that they worked for the same media for six years, which the colleague led. He also mentioned that he apologized for his surname starting with the letter B, which he had for 37 years, and for the reference to Chinese spies. He also apologized to the media Euro, Info, Zdopravy, Okraj, and Chiptron, which he said were not invited to the statement, despite discussions about its wording lasting a month. He offered to connect anyone interested in adding their signature with the organizers, among whom he claimed he did not belong. In a note, he stated that he deleted the original post because he confused two writers and mistook a father for a son in connection with the anti-chart. He apologized for the error, yet called the comparison to the anti-chart inappropriate, stating that parallels with the communist past, in his view, did not help anything. #žurnalistika #svobodaSlova #politika (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that when he shared the statement from forty editors-in-chief, he did not expect the reaction it would provoke. He criticized that the journalistic community he addressed, according to him, was unable to unanimously agree even on rejecting violence in their relationship with politicians and on equal access to sharing information. He added that he expressed his personal judgment about those who repeatedly refused to stand up for their colleagues in an indirect manner. For that, he claimed to have received a number of insults and comparisons to communists; one of the people who signed the Anticharta wrote to him that he had never seen anything more disgusting. Bartkovský clarified that not signing the statement did not harm anyone and would not harm anyone, and he rejected the idea that he wanted to dismiss, threaten, or create lists of uncomfortable people. He thanked the remaining 39 editors-in-chief for their support for colleagues from the entire field and apologized to them for the discussion veering in a different direction due to his contribution. He then made a series of apologies that he delivered ironically: among other things, to podcast entrepreneurs for reminding him of something other than Chinese communism, to a former colleague for criticizing journalism at a time when they both worked in the same media for six years, and to a Czech writer for reminding him of his signature on the Anticharta. He also apologized to those who labeled him a "svazák" (a term for a member of the youth organization during the communist regime) and to a former Member of the European Parliament regarding his judgment about Bartkovský's character. He added that he also apologizes to the media outlets Euro, Info, Zdopravy, Okraj, and Chiptron, which, according to him, were not addressed, even though the text had been discussed for a month. He offered to connect interested parties with the organizers of the statement so that they could join him. #žurnalistika #komunikace #mediálníetiketa (translated)

Field chaplain Katz marked the coverage of the Events as a case of organized self-censorship. He claimed that the program omitted Hušbauer and the report on the scandal in the army, which he said involved collaboration and Markvart's protection; he used a derogatory label for Markvart. On the contrary, he stated that a detailed report on the trial in the Dozimetr case was broadcast, which according to the author lasted a year and contained an emotional testimony from Hana Marvanová, who was running in the elections. He added that in his opinion, it was no longer just self-censorship. #autocenzura #skandál #žurnalistika (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that he did not consider himself a moral authority and that others repeatedly labeled him as such. According to him, there were people in the leadership of some Czech media who repeatedly refused to stand up for their colleagues. #Žurnalistika #Média #Etika (translated)

The author stated that journalists did not have to spare him and that politicians should endure unpleasant questions associated with the performance of public office. He recalled the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová and wrote that Kuciak was uncovering corruption and fraud. #žurnalistika #politika #bezpečnost #SK (translated)

Lukáš Valášek stated that the editors-in-chief of forty Czech media outlets issued a joint appeal to Czech politicians. According to him, they asked them to reject violence in public debate and to provide official information from authorities to everyone without distinction. https://t.co/XMuT9HGCJA https://t.co/IBVtDFPDzq #žurnalistika #politika #násilí (translated)

Martin Bartkovský wrote that the most interesting aspect of the challenge from the editors of Czech media to the government and politicians to reject violence and stop limiting access to information for some journalists was the list of those who did not sign it. According to him, everyone was approached, and not signing "even this minimum" showed the character of the individuals concerned. https://t.co/Akj5FvLOh5 #Žurnalistika #SvobodaTisku #Politika (translated)