SECTOR 4 fellow minister, who is also MMD chairperson for youth acknowledged that the assailants were MMD party members. Private mainstream newspapers generally will not publish positive articles in support of Zambia’s president. “Journalists know what kind of stories editors expect and so they deliver these censoring their writing so as not to upset their editors and ultimately the powersthat-be, be they private or state.” 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: 1.6 (2005 = 1.4; 2007 = 2.0; 2009 = 2.0) 4.6 Owners of established mainstream private media do not interfere with editorial independence. There are attempts within the private mainstream media to avoid the interference of the owner in editorial issues, but however this does not often happen. A good example is The Post, where the owner (Managing Director), Fred M’membe, is also the editor-in-chief. In such a situations, no-interference is almost impossible. “To a certain degree, the owner’s agenda will always influence editorial decisions, it’s just the degree of the interference that differs.” AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZAMBIA 2011 61