SECTOR 4 Certainly there are inancial considerations undergirding the cases of self-censorship but the reasons that are cited for rewriting the articles of journalists is that the director of publication is the sole person that is held accountable in case an accusation is leveled against the paper as bringing somebody’s integrity into disrepute. 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: 2.3 (2007 = 4.3 ; 2009 =1.8) 4.6 Owners of established mainstream private media do not interfere with editorial independence. here is no ambiguity on this issue since there is not clear distinction between the editor in chief and the interests of the owner of the media house. he owners of Canal 3, LC2, and Radio Planet were all presidential candidates in the last elections. In Benin, the media bosses establish their own bodies for their own interest in the hope of getting maximum visibility especially during the daily “media review”. According to a panelist, this is why a politician funded six papers at one go just before the elections. 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: 122 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BENIN 2011 1.3 (2007 =1.2 ; 2009 = 1.8)