Tanzania Some media houses are trying hard to diversify their sources of revenue instead of depending on advertising only. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2 Average score: 1.8 2.11. State print media are not subsidised with tax payers’ money. ANALYSIS: The government-owned Daily News is subsidised directly by government. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3 Average score: 2.4 2.12. Government does not use its power over the placement of advertisements as a means to interfere with media content. ANALYSIS: In 1994 the government issued a circular to all ministries, departments, parastatal organisations and private companies in which government was a shareholder, instructing them to stop carrying certain adverts. One panelist said that the then prime Minister ordered one media house to be starved of adverts for carrying negative stories about him. 18 African Media Barometer - Tanzania 2006