Report of Media Monitoring Of Coverage of Parliamentary Elections
Tbilisi. On September14 the Human Rights Center has released
the results of the last two periodic reports of media monitoring of coverage of
parliamentary elections. The monitors of the Human Rights Center have observed
the secret political, social and paid political ads on the following television
channels: Public Broadcaster, "Imedi", "Rustavi 2",
"Kavkasia", "Maestro" and 9th Channel.
The monitoring covers the periods of July 30 - August
12, as well as August 13–26.
Media monitoring aims to identify the trends of
coverage of electoral campaign by the media and develop recommendations for
improving the election environment. The study includes both quantitative and
qualitative components.
Media
monitoring is carried out as part of the USAID-funded four-year project
"Building Trust Towards Electoral Processes", implemented by the
International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).
Source: humanrights.ge
