Cameroon have a high school certificate called the General Certificate of Exams (G.C.E Advanced level) and can therefore not be expected to master certain subjects. Proprietors prefer young and inexperienced reporters so as to pay them little or nothing and such young persons will certainly not do a good job. Some publishers depend on the telephone for their facts from people who might have been at the scene of events or were told by an eyewitness. Of course, such facts cannot be verified to determine their accuracy. Another factor that plays against accurate and fair reporting has to do with the lack of financial resources. The organizers of events have resorted to budgeting for the transportation, lodging and feeding of journalists. And since he who pays the piper dictates the tune, the stories will have to be tilted to favour the organizers otherwise, the reporters would not be invited for future events. However, when it comes to very serious subjects, media organs worth their salt provide the means. Some media organs, even if they have the means, still assign interns to cover difficult stories. Some of those interns don’t know what to do when ordered to modify facts. Public opinion sometimes dictates a line on certain subjects and a reporter who wants to be at peace with the public would highlight the facts as desired by that public. SCORES: Individual scores: 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2 Average Score: 1.7 4.3 The media cover the full spectrum of events, issues and cultures, including business/economics, cultural, local and investigative stories. ANALYSIS: Most media in Cameroon pay more attention to political stories. The front pages of newspapers are taken up by politics, and then the rest of the pages are devoted to entertainment and gossip. The newspapers have pages for economic news, but most often they are reserved for adverts. Economic events like the budgetary session of African Media Barometer - Cameroon 2008 33