ANALYSIS: Although the private media survive with difficulty, they strive to be increasingly more efficient. But the weak financial standing of the private media weakens the efficiency of its operations in general and its professional standards in particular. Private newspapers carry a substantial proportion of opinion, which turns them into vehicles for the circulation of opinions of journalists who work there. In addition, the bad financial situation can open the way to corruption, even if only on a small scale. SCORES: Individual scores: 3, 3, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2 Average score: 2.0 2.11. State print media are not subsidised with taxpayers’ money. ANALYSIS: The state media enjoys its own allocations in the overall state budget, from public funds and the taxes that citizens pay to the state. SCORES: Individual scores: 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Average score: 1.3 2.12. Government does not use its power over the placement of advertisements as a means to interfere with media content. ANALYSIS: The Broadcasting Act, which also covers advertising, states that advertising by state institutions must be distributed in an equitable form among the various media outlets, which as a matter of course does not happen. In reality, the state controls the 11