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)

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