SECTOR 2 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: 3.2 (2007=n/a; 2009=2.4; 2011=2.2) 2.12 Government does not use its power over the placement of advertisements as a means to interfere with editorial content. The Government and its services deposit print-ready articles in certain newsrooms with a view to influence editorial content. The Government has tried that to control the news coverage regarding the Patrice Talon5 affair’s, a Beninese businessman, who made his fortune in the cotton industry and was suspected in 2014 of ordering the murder by poisoning of the President of the Republic. But certain newspaper editors refuse such influence peddling, as in the case of Vincent Folly, editor of La Nouvelle Tribune. Generally speaking, the panel was of the opinion that the press organs which are critical of the Government have no access to advertising resources. 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: 5 1.0 (2007=1.0; 2009=1.1; 2011=1.1) This Franco-Beninese businessman, Patrice Talon, accused of attempting to poison President Boni Yayi in October 2012, was finally pardoned at the same time as his partner Olivier Bocco and the 6 people detained. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BENIN 2014 87