Journalist organisations decry govt PR strategy as censorship

Slovenia Times
5. February, 2021
Ljubljana – The Slovenian Journalists’ Association (DNS) and the Trade Union of Slovenian Journalists (SNS) have come out strongly against what they see as censorship following media reports that some government officials and advisers failed to get clearance from the Government Communication Office (UKOM) to appear on news shows. UKOM rejected the claims.
The SNS said that by “limiting cooperation of representatives of the government and various public institutions with certain journalists and media”, UKOM was “trying to control content in the media and avoid reporting on different opinions and criticism of the government’s work”.
Meanwhile, the DNS said UKOM could not tailor media content. “Centralised government communication, censorship of own functionaries and restricting journalists’ access to information are the features of autocratic and undemocratic systems which do not respect freedom of speech,” reads their release.

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