{"id":2623,"guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esn.gipfelstuermer-hosting-3.de\/?p=2623"},"slug":"evropska-komise-financuje-kontroverzni-sit-novinaru-occrp-castkou-pres-600-000-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esn-group.eu\/cs\/eu-commission-finances-controversial-journalists-network-occrp-with-over-600000e\/","title":{"rendered":"Evropsk\u00e1 komise financuje kontroverzn\u00ed novin\u00e1\u0159skou s\u00ed\u0165 OCCRP \u010d\u00e1stkou p\u0159esahuj\u00edc\u00ed 600 000 \u20ac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kritici v tom v\u0161ak vid\u00ed stranickost, proto\u017ee p\u0159ed volbami m\u00e9dia spojen\u00e1 s OCCRP bez d\u016fkaz\u016f vykreslovala politiky kritick\u00e9 v\u016f\u010di EU jako \u00fadajn\u00e9 \u201cmoskevsk\u00e9 agenty\u201d. T\u00fdkalo se to politik\u016f v \u0161esti zem\u00edch EU. Pod drobnohledem se ocitl i kandid\u00e1t AfD Bystron. Mnichovsk\u00e1 prokuratura na z\u00e1klad\u011b medi\u00e1ln\u00edch zpr\u00e1v provedla 23 domovn\u00edch prohl\u00eddek v jeho prostor\u00e1ch \u2013 zat\u00edm bez v\u00fdsledku. Tato medi\u00e1ln\u00ed kampa\u0148 v\u0161ak ovlivnila v\u00fdsledek voleb a t\u00edm i slo\u017een\u00ed Evropsk\u00e9ho parlamentu. Dot\u010den\u00e9 strany t\u00edm p\u0159i\u0161ly o cenn\u00e9 procentn\u00ed body a n\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed politici \u2013 jako nap\u0159\u00edklad nizozemsk\u00fd politik Thierry Baudet \u2013 dokonce nepostoupili do Evropsk\u00e9ho parlamentu.<\/p>\n<p>Pochybnosti o nez\u00e1vislosti OCCRP existuj\u00ed ji\u017e dlouhou dobu. Podle odhalen\u00ed serveru Mediapart obdr\u017eela tato s\u00ed\u0165 v pr\u016fb\u011bhu let ze Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1t\u016f t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 $50 milion\u016f, v n\u011bkter\u00fdch p\u0159\u00edpadech s p\u0159\u00edm\u00fdm vlivem na person\u00e1ln\u00ed obsazen\u00ed a redak\u010dn\u00ed rozhodnut\u00ed. OCCRP se rovn\u011b\u017e pod\u00edlela na kampani, kter\u00e1 v roce 2019 vedla k zah\u00e1jen\u00ed \u0159\u00edzen\u00ed o odvol\u00e1n\u00ed Donalda Trumpa. V roce 2019, v n\u00e1vaznosti na report\u00e1\u017e o \u201cibizsk\u00e9 af\u00e9\u0159e\u201d zve\u0159ejn\u011bnou m\u00e9dii spojen\u00fdmi s OCCRP, padla rakousk\u00e1 vl\u00e1da, v n\u00ed\u017e byla zastoupena FP\u00d6. V t\u00e9 dob\u011b klesl volebn\u00ed v\u00fdsledek FP\u00d6 v evropsk\u00fdch volb\u00e1ch z 26 % v pr\u016fzkumech ve\u0159ejn\u00e9ho m\u00edn\u011bn\u00ed na pouh\u00fdch 17,2 % ve kone\u010dn\u00e9m v\u00fdsledku.<\/p>\n<p>Tyto platby nyn\u00ed vyvol\u00e1vaj\u00ed ot\u00e1zky: Pro\u010d EU financuje pr\u00e1v\u011b s\u00ed\u0165, kter\u00e1 se v minulosti pod\u00edlela na zasahov\u00e1n\u00ed do voleb a na politick\u00fdch kampan\u00edch?<\/p>\n<p>K tomuto t\u00e9matu se Petr Bystron, \u010dlen skupiny ESN, vyjad\u0159uje takto:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZde se rod\u00ed jeden z nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edch medi\u00e1ln\u00edch skand\u00e1l\u016f pov\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9 \u00e9ry. Prost\u0159edky EU \u00fadajn\u011b sm\u011b\u0159ovaly na \u2018podporu investigativn\u00ed \u017eurnalistiky\u2019. To je fra\u0161ka, proto\u017ee m\u00e9dia s\u00edt\u011b OCCRP d\u011blala p\u0159esn\u011b opak \u2013 v r\u00e1mci koordinovan\u00fdch kampan\u00ed \u0161\u00ed\u0159ila negativn\u00ed informace o politic\u00edch kritick\u00fdch v\u016f\u010di EU bez jak\u00e9koli kontroly a zcela nekriticky.\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm masivn\u00edch kampan\u00ed manipulovala m\u00e9dia s\u00edt\u011b OCCRP posledn\u00ed dv\u011b volby do Evropsk\u00e9ho parlamentu. Jejich zpravodajstv\u00ed ovlivnilo volebn\u00ed v\u00fdsledky, v\u00e1\u017en\u011b po\u0161kodilo politiky kritick\u00e9 v\u016f\u010di EU a svrhlo vl\u00e1dy. C\u00edlem bylo v\u017edy odstranit politiky kritick\u00e9 v\u016f\u010di EU.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics, however, see partisanship, since before the election OCCRP-affiliated media portrayed EU-critical politicians as alleged \u201cMoscow agents\u201d without evidence. Politicians in six EU countries were affected. 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