Description:
CONCLUSION:
"The results of monitoring in 2011 (which was conducted after the appointment of a new civilian
government with the aim to assess if there was any change in the state policy revealed the
opposite and confirmed the previous trends and patterns observed during the previous monitoring
periods. It is thus possible to conclude that the monitored state-controlled media in Burma do not
follow any journalistic standards, but serve only as a mouthpiece of the ruling powers. With more
than a half a year after the flawed 2010 parliamentary elections, condemned by the United
Nations and the whole international community, the main news programs of state-controlled TV
channels once again showed only the top state officials and completely ignored any other
stakeholders..."
Source/publisher:
Memo98
Date of Publication:
2011-06-24
Date of entry:
2011-07-01
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English