SECTOR 4 The media practice high levels of professional standards. 4.1 The media follow voluntary codes of professional standards, which are enforced by self-regulatory bodies that deal with complaints from the public. “We don’t have professional standards in black and white” “We don’t have professional standards in black and white,” a panellist noted. The draft media policy provides for a self-regulatory media council and/or media ombudsman for the print media, and a semistatutory “disputes resolution commission” for broadcasting. The 2008 Communications Policy also provides for the establishment of “a broadcasting complaints panel” under the yet-to-be-tabled Communications Act. The 1997 draft of the media policy, which was initially accepted by all stakeholders, including government, included a code of conduct that was signed by all media. In the absence of an industry-wide code, some media houses including Public Eye and Harvest FM use their own in-house editorial policies. 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: 52 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER LESOTHO 2010 1.6 (2008 = 1.1; 2006 = 1.0)