SECTOR 2

2.10 Government does not use its power over the
placement of advertisements as a means to interfere
with editorial content.
A panellist said it was hard to tell if the government used adverts as a whip against
critical newspapers, but added that it was clear that some news media got more
adverts than others. Generally, panellists seemed to agree that some circles within
the government discriminated against certain media outlets perceived to be ‘antigovernment’ and as a consequence these received little to no government adverts.

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 (2008 =2.0; 2006 = 2.4)

2.11 The advertising market is large enough to
support a diversity of media outlets.
Panellists agreed that there were too few advertisers for the large number of media
options. They added that because of the limited advertising market, there are
papers, such as tabloids, which rely heavily on cover price to survive. One panellist
stated that many news media survive solely on advertorials.11

11 By advertorials she meant articles written to promote a business and paid for by the advertiser.

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