Three weeks have passed since the announcement of parliamentary elections in Serbia, and the campaign has already produced a striking amount of misinformation. In the messy, fast-moving world of an election season, falsehoods and half-truths can easily outpace the facts, shaping how voters see candidates, parties, and even the electoral process itself. The team at FakeNews Tragač, a Serbian fact-checking project, has been closely watching the media and social networks since the campaign began, systematically recording cases of disinformation. What they found is both revealing and worrying. In the first three weeks of monitoring, they confirmed 23 distinct cases of…

1. The Uneasy Feeling You’ve Been Having Is Real Lately, a strange thought has been circulating among people who otherwise consider themselves reasonable: the current administration seems to be moving with frantic, almost reckless speed, as if bracing for something enormous. The impression is that they are trying to push through as much damage as possible before the floor gives way. Many people confess this feeling with embarrassment, as though it sounds too conspiratorial to say out loud. But here’s the truth: that instinct is not paranoia. It is accurate observation. The thing they are rushing toward, and the thing…