SECTOR 4 4.3 The media cover the full spectrum of events, issues and cultures, including business/economics, cultural, local and investigative stories. The diversity in radio and television programming and newspaper reporting are testimony to the fact that Cameroon’s media covers a wide breadth of issues, even though politics and government tend to dominate this coverage. Investigative reporting is marginal, mainly due to limited means and the difficulty of finding reliable sources of information. Investigative journalists often rely on a few sources and informants, who are sometimes bent on manipulating the media by providing them with outright lies with the aim of running down political opponents. A panellist recounted a personal experience of how he was tricked into broadcasting false information. He related how he was shocked when he went back to the person barely hours after the broadcast and was told in a very harsh and threatening tone by his informant never to set his foot in that house again. “I don’t know you!” the man said. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 3.7 (2008 = 2.2) 4.4. Equal opportunities, regardless of race, social group, gender/sex, religion, disabilities and age are promoted in media houses. A report by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Cameroon on women in the media showed that there were many women working in newsrooms, but noted that they hardly ever advance to top positions. Cameroonian society is still very chauvinistic and this tends to be reflected in the media. However, there is no evidence of discrimination in pay between male and female journalists. Women’s rights advocates complain that reports on women portray them in a negative light,, instead of placing them in the spotlight and promoting their cause. 102 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER CAMEROON 2011