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Professional and unbiased media are the cornerstone of every democratic society and a necessary counterweight to any executive power, the Belgrade Center for Local Government said in a press release on April 8.
"The leadership, expert teams and members of the [Center for Local Government] express their full support to the work of the N1 editorial staff and all media outlets that serve the public interest and pluralism of thought and expression in Serbia," the organization said in the press release.
The statement underscored that journalists and editors were not ordinary employees, but social actors that serve the public interest according to the Law on public information and media. "That is why they must be protected from the authoritarianism and caprices of both executive powers and capital owners," the Center for Local Government said.
The organization's statement also read that accurate and timely information, critical opinion and the right to hear all sides were priceless and could be neither bought nor sold.
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