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: 1.6 (2010:2.0; 2008:1.4; 2006:1.7) 4.6 Owners of established mainstream private media do not interfere with editorial independence. Commercial interests play a role in the level of interference by owners. The owners of private media houses need to maintain their relationships with businessmen and companies that support them financially. Owners of some newspapers will issue directives or make a phone call to the newsroom to prevent certain stories being written or published. Companies have pulled their advertisements out of publications in instances where they have been criticised and the media house has had to woo the advertiser back. 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: 2.0 (2010:2.9; 2008:1.1; 2006:2.2) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZIMBABWE 2012 55