MMU November report …Media houses violate code of conduct on Elections Eve
The latest report of the Media Monitoring Unit for the recently held General and Regional Elections has once again exposed the deep partisan nature of the media landscape in Guyana.
The report, which was compiled from the performance of the various media houses during the month of November, pointed to media bias, especially the state media, in favour of the various political parties.
Except for a few privately owned outfits, some media went over board to promote the political parties to which they are closely aligned, while lambasting those that they oppose.
The latest report is the third and penultimate one produced by the MMU for the 2011 General and Regional Elections.
It provides information on the Unit’s observations, analyses and conclusions of the performances of the print and broadcast media vis-à-vis the 2011 Media Code of Conduct (MCC), for the period 01/11/11 to 27/11/11.
In addition to the quantitative statistics produced, the Unit has also documented for the record, those instances of unethical reporting or qualitative breaches of the Media Code of Conduct, which were detected during the course of the reporting period. Read more
