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Monitoring Mass Media during the Campaign for Parliamentary Elections Anticipated on 29 July 2009. Report No.1, 22–28 June 2009

One daily newscast on each station was monitored for news with a direct or an indirect electoral character. Each news item was subject to an assessment of content and context to establish whether it was favorable or unfavorable to one party or another or to one political entity or another.
IJC, 7 July 2009, 11:18

 

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1.4. Stations/newscasts analyzed

 

Moldova 1 (“Mesager” at 21:00): public TV station, national coverage, broadcasts in Russian and Romanian

Prime TV (“Evenimentul” at 20:35): private station, national coverage, broadcasts in Romanian

NIT (“Curier” at 21:30): private station, quasi-national coverage, broadcasts in Russian and Romanian (Chişinău, Cahul, Edineţ, Comrat, Varniţa, Ungheni, Cetireni, Nisporeni, Soroca, Cimişlia, Căuşeni, Trifeşti, Străşeni, Mândreştii Noi, Leova, Criuleni)

EU TV (“Monitor” at 21:00): private station, quasi-national coverage, broadcasts in Romanian (Străşeni, Ocniţa, Floreşti, Trifeşti, Cimişlia, Briceni, Cantemir, Drochia, Făleşti, Glodeni, Sângerei, Ştefan Vodă, Taraclia);

Radio Moldova (“Panorama zilei” at 19:00): public station, national coverage, broadcasts in Romanian and Russian.

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