PODGORICA, 04.05.2020. – The Agency for Electronic Communications of Montenegro (AEM) analyzed the program of six Montenegrin televisions with regional coverage and concluded that they also, when reporting, adequately conveyed the opinions of experts on the virus corona epidemic.
Previously, AEM analyzed national television programs and reached the same conclusion.
For the purposes of the analysis, from 11 to 17 April 2020, six television broadcasters with regional coverage were analyzed: TV 7, TV A1, Srpska TV, TV Novi, TV Sun and TV Corona.
The program of the six observed television broadcasters, on average, broadcasts a total of nine hours of news programs, predominantly dedicated to informing the public about the current COVID-19 epidemic.
“In contact shows, the topic of the current epidemiological situation has been dealt more dominant in the context of political, social and religious aspects than the professional medical aspect. One of the content by the guest presented alternative theories regarding the Covid-19 pandemic that were not based on officially and scientifically established and generally accepted facts. There have been no reports of information being transmitted that would violate the privacy rights of those affected by the new coronavirus and other individuals affected by these events”, it is said in the analysis.
According to the Agency, all the televisions monitored adequately directed viewers to the official information channels of the competent state services.
The programs of the observed television broadcasters did not contain content specially adapted for persons with disabilities.
“Almost 60% of the articles in the central news programs were related to information and topics related to the COVID-19 epidemic. In the observed news programs (32 content in total) there were 227 individual posts related to the current topic. There were 149 posts on all other topics”, is it written in the analysis.
