PINTEROVO VIĐENjE PROBLEMA MEDIJSKIH SLOBODA: VREME ZABAVE, PEPEO PEPELU, JOŠ JEDNO PRED ODLAZAK

Abstract

The first part of the paper describes the media conditions in Serbia in the months before and after the presidential elections in 2017, focusing on the amount of presence of the views shared by the ruling political party and its presidential candidate, as well as the manner of reporting about the protests organised throughout the country after the election results had been announced. The second part of the paper, dedicated to Harold Pinter, predicts his reaction to the described media conditions in Serbia taking into account his views on truth, speech, and silence. As Pinter made his views part of his dramatic opus, the paper analyses three plays that deal with problems of suppressing truth and creating ideology-based views of reality: Party Time, Ashes to Ashes, and One for the Road.