SECTOR 4 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: 4.3 (2008 = n/a ; 2006 = n/a) 4.5 Journalists and editors do not practice selfcensorship. Generally, Malian journalists practise self-censorship for social reasons, but also for economic reasons. “There are social rules that cannot be broken,” noted one panellist, while another said: “An editor may censor information in the interest of his community.” «There are social rules that cannot be broken » 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: 2.2 (2008 = 2.5 ; 2006 = 3.6) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MALI 2010 121