SECTOR 4 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country minimally meets aspects of the indicator. 3 Country meets many aspects of indicator but progress may be too recent to judge. 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator and has been doing so over time. Average score: 1.8 (2007=4.3) 4.6 Owners of established mainstream private media do not interfere with editorial independence. Editorial lines are considered by owners as the given interest of the boss. In certain media houses, there is no editorial line. Editorial policy varies depending on the mood of the owner and on signed contracts. The media, in its vast majority, has adopted a rationale for survival and this constitutes a real handicap for the editorial independence of a newspaper. There is a tendency in Benin in any kind of business to consider any structure to be the personal affair of the person-in-charge. The media are no exception to this trend.. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country minimally meets aspects of the indicator. 3 Country meets many aspects of indicator but progress may be too recent to judge. 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator and has been doing so over time. Average score: 112 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BENIN 2009 1.8 (2007=1.2)