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: 2.1 (2012 = 1.1; 2010 = 2.6; 2008 = n/a; 2006 = n/a) 4.6 Journalists and editors do not practise self-censorship in in the private broadcasting and print media. Journalists and editors do practice self-censorship, spiking or twisting stories in pursuit of advertising, or based on their political affiliation. “There are journalists who will align their stories in a certain way in order to please proprietors.” “If you can’t subscribe to what they want, you quit.” Beyond self-censorship, as has happened at MoAfrika, “the proprietor is at liberty to chip in in the middle of a program – on air – if he feels the journalist is in the wrong.” 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: 2.7 (2012 = 1.6; 2010 = 2.8; 2008 = 1.3; 2006 = 1.2) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER Lesotho 2015 59