Tbilisi. September 26 the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics held the presentation of the preliminary results of the pre-election media monitoring carried out within the period of September 2-15, 2013. With the financial backing of Open Society Georgia Foundation since September 2 the Charter, in partnership with MEMO 98 has been monitoring six TV Channels. The monitors taking part in the survey focused on the extent of balance, accuracy, selection of topics, hate speech and sequence of stories. Moreover, the survey implies the analysis of the airtime devoted to each candidate government representative.

Within the framework of the project the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics will release three interim reports and ultimately final findings to imply recommendations for the media outlets under monitoring.

pre-election media monitoring report (September 2-15, 2013)

Source:qartia.org.ge