Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated just a few days after the second spherical of the presidential election that “The coalition politicians are being insulted on the street in a disgusting approach, and I am simply ready for this frustration, fueled intensely by Denník N, Sme and Aktuality, to come back to a head in a high-ranking coalition politician to his homicide”.
In keeping with Napunk, the Hungarian subpage of the biggest Slovak portal, Denník N, it’s Fico “who has been fomenting hatred for years and infrequently vulgarly insults his opponents and the media”. As a result of heated public temper, even the outgoing President of the Republic Zuzana Caputova tried to calm the temper, in response to whom the general public temper in Slovakia is filled with hatred, and emphasised that it’s particularly harmful if somebody from political energy incites such a factor.
The assassination predicted by the prime minister lastly happened on Might 15 in Nyitrabánya, the goal of which was himself. Robert Fico was shot within the afternoon by a 71-year-old murderer who was captured on the spot. The politician, who suffered life-threatening accidents, was transported by helicopter to the hospital, the place he underwent surgical procedure. The operation proved to achieve success, in response to press reviews, his situation was stabilized.
After the assassination, the general public opinion, which was extraordinarily divided and provoked by the native media, instantly fell on one another. Tempers had been unleashed within the remark fields as effectively, however not solely in Slovakia, but in addition in Hungary.
First, the Slovak police requested the native media to show off the opportunity of commenting on their social networks, in order to not add to the difficulty. The request was not unfounded, as an enormous tsunami of hatred poured into the feedback part below the articles concerning the assassination of Robert Fico. So long as they did not act, or at which media they did not act, feedback like these and comparable ones flooded the remark fields:
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Due to the seriousness of the subject and the prevention of hatred, the Index selected Wednesday afternoon to restrict the feedback on our articles associated to the assassination of the Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Early within the night, we issued a service announcement about this, during which we requested our colleagues to comply with our instance. As we wrote, our editor’s code of ethics and editorial ideas are clear: we don’t give area or floor to any hatred.
With the ban, we try to stop the tsunami of hate and people feedback which have already reared their head on different websites – for instance, below the posts of Telex and 444. We hope that different editorial workplaces will comply with our instance
– reads the announcement.
Shortly after the publication of our service announcement, Telex additionally blocked feedback on posts associated to the assassination. 24.hu and HVG additionally restricted the opportunity of commenting, whereas 444, rtl.hu and Népszava didn’t.
The well-known publicist András Hont additionally spoke on the matter. In his Fb submit, he says:
(the perpetrator’s) views appear to be largely confused, from which everybody can select the one which helps his place, and generously overlook about the remainder, and proceed to remark a thousand occasions. So long as it is nonetheless potential, as a result of a number of portals had been – fairly understandably – petrified of the spilled filth and stopped the chance to remark. As a result of what we additionally know is that an grownup and sane society doesn’t react to such a case in the best way that the Hungarian remark part did.
The Index nonetheless doesn’t give area to inciting and inflammatory feedback, whereas the lifetime of an individual, a number one politician, is at stake. That’s the reason we proceed to dam commenting choices for these posts.
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2024-05-16 18:22:59