525-ci qezet, Baku, 19 Nov 2008 – Yesterday “Election 2008” NGO Coalition held press conference regarding monitoring results which was implemented by “Election 2008” on mass media’s activity during presidential campaign. “Monitoring of Mass Media was one part of our work during election” the coordinator of “Election 2008” NGO Coalition and “Inam” Pluralism Center’s chairman, Vahid Gazi said. According to his report, 4 TV Channels – Az Tv, ANS, Lider Tv, ITV, 9 newspapers – “Yeni Azerbaijan”, “Azerbaijan”, “Iki sahil”, “525 – ci qezet”, “Sherq”, “Zerkalo”, “Azadlig”, “Yeni Musavat”, “Novoe Vremya”, and 3 web sites – 1news.az, mediaforum.az, lent.az have been involved to this monitoring.
Chairman of Central Asian and Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression Network Azer Hasret said that, in this year’s election mass media acted differently from prior elections in the good meaning. Undesirable cases, like insults and disseminating misinformation did not observe. He noted that, neutral approach to candidates, treating within ethic norms and journalism standards also observed during observation: “At the end of the monitoring we decided to reward chosen media agencies with coalition’s diplomas. On balance ANS and ITV were relatively different, as did other TV channels. Moreover, online resources demonstrated high level of operativeness during election. Press organs also published balance, objective and impartial materials”.
Coalition named awarded Mass media organs:
TV channels – ITV, ANS
Online resources – 1news.az, lent.az, mediaforum.az
Newspapers – “Azerbaycan” , “Yeni Musavat”, “Novoe Vremya”, “Zerkalo”, “Sherq”, “525 – ci qezet”