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Weekly Media Updates 2002
Weekly Media update 2002 - 36
The public media’s coverage of the fuel shortages and the just ended local government elections further illustrated the undesirability of government’s control of the media.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 37
On Friday (11/10), the government gazetted a Bill to amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
Weekly Media update 2002 - 38
The forthcoming Insiza parliamentary by-election further exposed the media’s manifest failure to cover elections adequately. All media were enmeshed in reporting the violent political rivalry between ZANU-PF and the MDC at the expense of covering important electoral processes.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 39
The public media persisted with its grossly biased coverage of the Insiza parliamentary by-election in favour of the ruling party in the days leading up to polling. For example, ZBC television carried 20 ZANU PF campaign stories (including repeats). These were allocated 55 minutes 50 seconds of news airtime in the bulletins monitored. Four campaign stories were recorded about the MDC.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 40
If the Insiza pre-election period was dominated by campaign stories at the expense of voter education and impartiality, then the post-election period saw the public media replete with reports celebrating ZANU PF’s victory while discrediting the MDC.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 41
As this weekly update was going to press, Zimbabweans were anxiously awaiting the Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa’s announcement of the 2003 budget proposal. The announcement comes at a time when the country’s economy is facing collapse largely due to controversial government policies.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 42
Basic media practice dictates that events should be covered fully and fairly, especially when these relate to speeches so as to avoid distortions. But that was not so with The Herald (14/11).
Weekly Media update 2002 - 43
The Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) notes with concern the continued harassment of The Daily News by ZANU PF supporters and state agents.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 44
In the months since the presidential election the privately owned media have been consistently reporting incidents of political violence around the country, mostly against opposition MDC officials or those perceived to be the party’s supporters.
Weekly Media update 2002 - 45
The media have been so engrossed in reporting the country’s political and economic crisis during the week under review that they have largely ignored the outcome of the 2002 census results.
