Second post-election report on media coverage of political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Released on 24 December PDF Free Download

Second post-election report on media coverage of political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina Released on 24 December 2014 Media Plan, an independent, non-partisan organization dedicated to freedom of expression and the media, has been systematically monitoring the media coverage of the political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina prior to the October general elections and beyond. Media Plan seeks to evaluate the level of diversity in monitored media political news reporting. 1 The main objective of the project is to inform the public about the conduct of the media in providing objective and unbiased coverage and to initiate a discussion about professional standards. The project is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Government, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and the European Union. The findings have so far been compiled into four monitoring reports about the media s behavior during the election campaign as well as the media coverage of post-election developments, including the process of forming the new governments on the state and entity levels of administration. The methodology was developed by the Slovak media-monitoring organization 2 MEMO 98. The previous monitoring reports can be found at: http://www.mediaplan.ba/en/?id=142. Following is the summary of the main monitoring findings covering the period (1 30 November): EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Unlike during the pre-election period when the coverage of political parties in the news programs was limited, all monitored media reported intensively on the political parties in the news during November. Similar to the pre-election period, some monitored outlets continued to show their open sympathies towards particular political subjects. Most monitored media reported intensively on negotiations between various parties to form governments on all levels, including the -- agreement 1 The monitoring is intended to offer professional, comprehensive, and objective assessment of political diversity, accuracy, and balance in news and current affairs coverage on seven television channels, five newspapers, and two online media outlets. Monitored media - Television: BHTV1, FTV, RTRS, NTV Hayat, TV BN, TV1, and ATV Newspapers: Glas Srpske, Nezavisne novine, Oslobodjenie, Večernji list, and Dnevni avaz Web portals: Frontal, and Klix 2 Given its comprehensive content-oriented approach, the methodology is specially designed to provide in-depth feedback on pluralism and diversity in media reporting, including coverage of chosen subjects and themes. The outcome of the monitoring is not just a set of data, but a detailed analysis and evaluation of the current level of political diversity in media reporting, examined in the proper context, and incorporating concrete comparisons and analysis. For more information on the methodology, see also the first monitoring report at: http://www.mediaplan.ba/docs/2014firstpreliminaryreporten.pdf

Main findings The media monitoring results for the period of 1 30 November showed that the media in general focused on forming the governments at all levels election results, providing detailed reporting on negotiations amongts political parties. In addition, some media provided analysis of these processes and also predictions on these coalitions. Unlike during the pre-election period when the news coverage suffered from restrictive interpretation of legal provisions on the part of broadcasters which resulted in a limited coverage of political parties in the news, the news coverage of the post-election period has been characterized by an intensive coverage of political parties. The media continue to be divided along political, ethinic and territorial lines and thus show their more or less open symphaties towards certain political parties. TELEVISION All monitored TV stations dedicated the bulk of their coverage to political entities which were featured to a much greater extent than during the period of election campaign when the media focus was on the activities of state officials. More coverage was devoted to the parties which have been involved in attempts to form governments on both state and entity level. As for the topics and issues covered by the monitored channels, the most covered topic was the negotiations between parties on forming of new governments (especially in Republika Srpska where series of accusations and insults were recorded between the two main political blocks). The monitoring team also noted that there were a number of news items critical towards both the incumbent as well as the future government in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the slow process of its formation. In particular, such critical coverage was seen on BHT, FTV, TV Hayat, TV1, ATV and TV BN. Public service broadcasters Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHT), Daily News at 19:00 In November, BHT reported intensively on negotiations between political entities, creation of coalitions and forming of governments on state, entity and cantonal level. The reporting was balanced overall with statements and viewpoints of all relevant actors involved in the formation of governments. The election winners - the and the (receiving respectively 13 per cent) and the HDZ (11per cent) - were the most covered political entities. The tone of the coverage was mainly neutral and positive. Apart from providing factual reporting on negotiations between political parties, BHT offered its viewers with views and interpretations of the current events through comments and statement from experts and analysts. On several occasions, BHT presented critical viewpoints vis-à-vis the effectiveness of the agreement signed between the, the and the HDZ BiH. For example, on 19 November the following views were presented in a news item: The, HDZ and have reached a framework agreement on working principles for the establishment and functioning of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement does not contain any facts indicating that the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be formed in any near future. In addition, some analysts who commented on the process of forming of the government between these three utterly different political parties expressed their doubt in the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of such government.

Federal Television (FTV), Daily News at 19:30 During November, FTV dedicated the bulk of its coverage to the results of the general elections, government forming on both state and entity levels and post-elections coalitions in both the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. In comparison with the election campaign, FTV covered a greater diversity of political subjects with the biggest attention given to the winners. The most covered party was the with 14 per cent, followed by the HDZ BiH (12 per cent), the (11 per cent) and the (10 per cent). The SDP, which received substantial coverage after the elections (due to its defeat and party s internal upheaval), was given only a minor coverage (3 per cent against 22 per cent in October). The tone of the coverage was predominantly neutral or positive. On 9 November, FTV featured signing of an agreement concerning the state-level cooperation between the, the and the Alliance for Changes. The tone of the report was positive because it featured principles that are supposed to bring prosperity to Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, between the first and second news item, FTV showed Željko Komšić () and Dragan Čavić () who were both shown for some 12 minutes. The news presenter posed provocative questions such as Have you started being coalition partners from this evening?. On 22 November, FTV broadcast an item on Milorad Dodik s meeting with Momčilo Krajišnik, a convicted war criminal, with the following critical statement: In his efforts to get MPs to join his coalition, the president of the found enough time to receive a convicted war criminal. In terms of institutions, the biggest coverage went to the Federation Government (5 per cent) which was mainly neutral or negative. This was due to the reporting about Zoran Mikulić, the Federal Minister of Justice (on 18 and 20 November) who allowed Duško Zorić (a person held in suspicion for war crimes in Prijedor) to go on his annual leave despite knowing that the Prosecutor s Office was planning to indict him with new charges. After this, nobody was able to track Zorić down. Radio Television of Republika Srpska (RTRS), Daily News at 19:30 While unlike in the pre-election period, RTRS devoted more coverage to the opposition parties as well as parties from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the still remained the most covered party (with 18 per cent of the coverage). The next most covered entities were the institutions controlled by the the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik (14 per cent) and the Government of Republika Srpska (8 per cent). The tone of their coverage was mainly neutral or positive. The HZD party received 8 per cent of the coverage in connection with the statements by Dragan Čović when he declared cooperation with the in forming the state-level coalition. While the received as much as 7 percent of the coverage (more than during the election campaign), almost half of this coverage was negative. RTRS featured news items containing regular (sometimes even vulgar) arguments between the, the Alliance for Changes and the. 3 3 On 11 November, RTRS featured an item in which the Vice President of the Dragan Čavić and the PDP s party member Igor Crnadak commented on the agreement between the, the and the Alliance for Changes. Both of them expressed an opinion that this agreement would not affect the existence of RS. Noticeably, Bakir Izetbegović s statement that People from the Alliance for Changes are ready to take a step forward that will stabilize Bosnia and Herzegovina was featured twice in this news item. Igor Crnadak stated that he did not see anything problematic with it, while the Vice President of the Dragan Čavić said the following: Could you please find it in here? How did you say it? Stabilizing and strengthening

On 10 November, the RS President Milorad Dodik commented on the agreement between the, the and the Alliance for Changes by saying that this supported integral Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus negating the existence of Republika Srpska, for which the was struggling for. On 14 November, RTRS reported on the parties that were going to constitute majority in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska. In this news item, President Milorad Dodik said that the opposition in Republika Srpska had schizophrenia. In another item on the agreement reached between the, the and the Alliance for Changes, Nikola Špirić, (member of the ) was shown commenting it with the following words: Pants full of shit cannot hide their own smell. Similarly, commenting on the same topic, Milorad Dodik on 15 November said: Every day, Bakir Izetbegović has to read the Islamic Declaration written by his father, in order to know what he is supposed to do on that day. After the s decision not to partake in the state level government, such comments from Milorad Dodik and the against the and the Serbian opposition parties ceased to appear in the news. Private TV stations TV 1, Daily News at 19:00 The most covered political entities were the parties that won the elections the, the and the HDZ BiH (14, 13 and 10 per cent respectively). In addition, the too received some significant coverage (8 per cent). This was due to the fact that TV1 broadcast a number of items on forming of the governments. While the coverage of the and HDZ BiH was mainly neutral and positive, the coverage of the was mainly neutral and negative. This was also the case for the coverage of the President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik. For example, on 26 November, TV1 broadcast an item on Milorad Dodik, who, after swearing an oath in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska, went along with several MPs to a church and swore and oath before God. This, according to TV1 (and some other media outlets) normally does not happen in this part of the world. Commenting on this event, analyst Suad Kurtčehajić stated: This can be irritating. So what? Should Bosniak MPs in this smaller entity go to a mosque? One should take into consideration the sensibility of the area in which events take place. Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country that is equally divided into Islamic and Christian culture, and therefore I think that this is not a very prudent act. This should be a private matter of every individual. If this practice were to take place in Sarajevo, it would irritate both the Serbs and the Croats. NTV Hayat, News at 19:00 The was the most featured party in the NTV Hayat s news with 16 per cent coverage, followed by the parties that constitute the state and entity government the (10 per cent), the and the HDZ BiH (9 per cent respectively). The tone of their coverage was mostly neutral and positive because leaders of political parties used the opportunity to make new promises. The was the only party to receive neutral and negative coverage. However, potential future government also received some negative references, mostly through the statements of political analysts. For example, on 5 November, analyst Esad Bajtal spoke about the HDZ BiH coalition. This coalition was found on self-interest. They want to protect their political and private interests and that is the basis of their coalition. Another political analyst Almir Terzić of Bosnia and Herzegovina? Bakir makes his own interpretations for the sake of Bosniaks public opinion. I suppose you trust me more than you trust Bakir Izetbegović? You come from a Serbian TV station.

also commented: I think that this coalition will only distribute positions of directors in numerous institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and nothing more. On 9 November, NTV Hayat reported on the --Alliance for Changes agreement, broadcasting statements by various politicians - Bakir Izetbegović said: You could say that the and the have almost common perspective in terms of priorities, stabilization of public finances, and reduction of public spending on all levels of government. A statement from Željko Komšić: We talked about something that was actually very specific. Believe it or not, nobody mentioned the distribution of positions. The intention was to show people in Bosnia and Herzegovina that there is hope for this country, and that things can be done differently. Mladen Bosić said: We immediately agreed that we should move from the stage of conflict politics to a stage of mutual interests and agreement. We consider that it would be very good to constitute the government in Bosnia and Herzegovina as soon as possible in order to unblock the processes that were blocked in the past eight years, in all aspects of life. Alternative Television (ATV), News at 19:00 The most covered political entities on ATV news were two strongest parties from RS, the and the (with 23 and 14 per cent respectively). While the tone of the coverage was mainly neutral and positive in tone, the presentation of the was mainly neutral and negative. The negative coverage for the is the result of statements issued by its political rivals. For example, on 23 November, Mladen Bosić criticized Milorad Dodik for breaking the unity of Serbian parties in Sarajevo, when he pushed the out of the coalition: What are you thinking right now? After what happened, we are not going to join someone who is going to stab us in the back at our most difficult moments. The destroyed our trust. Milorad Dodik did not even try to say that he was sorry and that she should not have done it. Back then he said that he had more success defending the interests of Republika Srpska with the HDZ and the SDP, than the. Although the tone of reporting was mostly neutral, journalists sometimes expressed their own criticism in the form of comments against long and exhaustive process of parties negotiations. The saga called forming of government at state level of Bosnia and Herzegovina is continuing. (13 November) Media war between Bakir Izetbegović and Milorad Dodik continues. (21 November). On a regular basis, ATV aired news reports featuring social issues that stressed that the citizens are the ones suffering because of the politicians. Next week, negotiations on parliamentary majority could reach its flash point, whereas the citizens wanted to see their radiators reaching the flash point. Winter is at our doorstep and politics does not keep the houses warm. (2 November) While surgeons are struggling with stents to save lives, the politicians are too busy counting other politicians and struggling for power as if their life was on the line. (23 November) BN TV, Daily News 2 at 19:30 TV BN allocated most of its coverage to the (19 per cent) and the (14 per cent), followed by the s two coalitions partners, the and the PDP with 10 and 9 percent of the coverage, respectively. While the coverage of the was mainly neutral and positive, the coverage of the was mainly negative and neutral. The dominant presence of the Alliance for Changes in the ATV news programs is continuation of the trend detected in the monitoring of the election campaign. As for the coverage of state institutions, the RS government and the RS president received 10 per cent respectively. While the coverage of the RS president was mainly neutral and positive, the coverage of the RS government was mainly negative. As for the

coverage of parties and entities from the BiH Federation, the and the HDZ received respectively 4 per cent of the coverage. Milorad Dodik was featured positively when speaking about his coalition as well as about his reelection. He was also featured positively in instances when journalists were reading press releases on his recent activities. However, no politician featured by TV BN said anything positive about the RS president, with the exception of Dragan Čović, president of the HDZ. I hold Mr. Dodik in highest esteem, being a person I have talked and worked with for the past 15 years. Mr. Dodik is a politician with extensive skill and experience. His election results are what they are. Someone can dispute him in different ways, but I am sure that he has enough capacities to form a government in RS and I think that it s clear to anyone that a state level government cannot function without him. (11 November) However, right after that, a statement from Dragan Čavić () ensued: The only consistent policy from Milorad Dodik is his political inconsistency. He is such an incredible political jester. Incidentally, for the entire duration of November, there were series of comments by Dodik s rivals from the Alliance for Changes on his alleged political inconsistency, crime, tough economic situation in RS, for which, as stated, he is considered responsible. NEWAPERS Glas Srpske continued with its practice to publish mainly stories related to the RS with a very few articles regarding federal or state level of government. As in the previous period, two dominant subjects were the (26 per cent) and the RS Government (21 per cent). As elections are over, it was notable that Glas Srpske wrote less about political parties, but the was still dominant in its reporting. The tone towards the was mainly neutral and the tone towards the RS Government was neutral and positive. However, Glas Srpske did publish some articles that had negative tone towards the BiH Federation (such as article Federations Stops BiH Progress Towards EU on 7 November which wrote about all negative aspects of BiH as a state). It is also notable that tone towards most of the political institutions was neutral, while the tone towards certain political parties (mainly those coming from the BiH Federation and opposition parties from RS) was negative and neutral. Articles with negative tone toward political parties were those that were mainly related to political parties from both entities that signed agreement on forming the government on the state level. This agreement was portrayed as something bad for both the RS and Serbs, and in such articles statements of RS leaders (Milorad Dodik and Nebojša Radmanović) were quoted. Milorad Dodik in general was the most quoted and most represented person in Glas Srpske in November, and there was no day in November without a statement of Dodik in Glas Srpske. As such, we may say that Glas Srpske continued the same trend of reporting as in the pre-election period. Nezavisne novine did report on diverse political subjects, so no party had predominant position. However, the most presented were the (14 per cent), the HDZ BIH (11 per cent) and the (11 per cent). While the tone towards the was mainly positive and neutral, the coverage of the was mainly neutral and negative. Milorad Dodik was dominant figure that was present in Nezavisne novine, commenting both political situation in RS (12 November - two pages article on how RS was prosperous and stabile during his mandate) and international presence in BiH (14 November - commenting HR Valentin Inzko and his engagement in BiH). On 13 November, Nezavisne novine started with survey Choosing the best minister in RS, which is not finished yet.

Oslobođenje continued its reporting on political parties in post-election time mostly through covering daily events and commenting them in columns by Oslobođenje journalists. Three most covered political parties were the HDZ (17 per cent), the SDP (16 per cent) and the (10 per cent). While the tone of the HDZ BiH coverage was mainly positive and negative, the tone of the coverage was mainly negative and neutral. The SDP s coverage was mainly positive and neutral. The was the fourth most presented party (9 per cent) and the tone of its coverage was overwhelmingly neutral and positive. Milorad Dodik and Dragan Čović were the dominant persons especially in the columns and comments and tone towards them was mainly negative. Josip Vričko in his column on 19 November mentioned Dodik in a very sarcastic way, connecting him with Vojislav Šešelj (Title: Dodik and Šešelj Natural Allies ). The -- agreement, election of the SDP president and relations between Dragan Čović and Milorad Dodik were three dominant topics in this month. Večernji list HDZ BiH was the most presented political party (22per cent) with mainly neutral or positive tone. It is interesting that, although Večernji list reported on different political parties in this post-election time (percentages were small, but diversity was present), the only political party to received negative coverage was the HDZ 1990, direct political opponent of HDZ BIH. Dragan Čović on 17 November had an interview in Večernji list. An interesting fact was that since Milorad Dodik and Dragan Čović established a coalition, Večernji list started paying more attention to Dodik, the and in general the RS political parties. These parties and their representatives received more attention now than in the pre-election campaign. Ognjen Tadić () had an interview on 13 November, Željka Cvijanović (the ) was present in Večernji list on 17 November etc. Dnevni avaz mainly reported on the coalition agreements that were in place and on a postelection political scene. The was still the most dominant party (20 per cent) with mainly negative or neutral tone. However, the interesting fact was that Bakir Izetbegović was not the dominant person in Dnevni avaz any more (which was the case in pre-election campaign). Instead, Dnevni avaz reported mainly local politicians who were presented negatively (such as mayors of two Sarajevo municipalities Nedzad Koldžo and Semir Efendić who are the members and who were portrayed as incompetent to solve citizen s problems in these municipalities). The SDP was present in 10 per cent of articles, mainly in negative tone and the dominant topic was election of the SDP president. The was present in 7 per cent of articles, all in positive or neutral tone. However, Fahrudin Radončić was not as present as in the election campaign. The most presented person from the in Dnevni Avaz was Ibrahim Hadžibajrić the mayor of Stari Grad Sarajevo municipality (trend of positive reporting on and negative on continued, however, now on the local government level). WEB MEDIA Frontal.rs continued with the same trend of reporting as in the pre-election campaign. Mostly, space was given to the (22 per cent), other parties received less than 10 per cent of space (the 9 per cent, and the 7per cent). The tone towards all these parties was mainly neutral. The RS government and the received the biggest amount of negative coverage. Frontal.rs published mainly news from news agencies (SRNA), as well as press releases of political parties which were published in detail. The dominant topic was the establishment of the RS government.

Klix.ba reported extensively and in details on election results, coalition agreements etc. a number of press releases and reports by news agencies were published, as in the pre-election time. Klix also published names of all members of Cantonal Assemblies and Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. The (16 per cent), the (10 per cent), the SDP (9 per cent) and the HDZBIH (9 per cent) were the most presented parties. The tone of the coverage was mainly neutral with the receiving the biggest amount of negative coverage. Klix reported also on some interesting topics related to the elections that other media did not mention, such as who were candidates who received less than 5 votes (on 2 November) or what was education background of election officials (on 11 November). On 15 November, Klix published an audio story on Željka Cvijanović, secretly recorded when talking about buying certain politicians. Frontal.rs published this story as well on the same date. Klix journalists were invited to Banja Luka police to give statement on this afterwards. Klix and some other media reported about that. CONCLUSION The post-election monitoring continues to confirm that the problems identified during the preelection period in the media were not results of short-term anomalies but reflect genuine trends in the BiH media. During the pre-election period as well as after the elections, media more or less showed their open preferences towards certain politicians and /or parties in the news programs and newspapers. A number of important reforms and changes will be necessary in order for the media to provide their audience with a more diverse coverage of political views and opinions.. The final report, will include concrete recommendations for the above mentioned reforms and changes. The postelection monitoring by the Media Plan Institute will last until the end of December and there will be one more monitoring report published in January.

!! BiH Monitoring media Media Monitoring From 1 September 2014, the Media Plan, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Government, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and the European Union, has monitored nine television channels, three radio stations, six newspapers and four online media outlet. The monitoring of the media coverage of the pre-election period finished on 10 October. On 13 October, the Media Plan Institute resumed its monitoring of the media to focus on the post-election period, including the forming of the new state administration. The monitoring included quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. The following monitoring data cover the period 1-30 November. The monitoring included quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. Quantitative analysis includes a number of numeric measures and indicators that can be counted and analysed, including assessing and producing findings regarding the time or space allocated to each contestant or other relevant political subjects (in the prime time news programmes) and also evaluating the tone of the coverage in which these subjects were portrayed positive, neutral or negative. Qualitative analysis evaluates the performance of selected media outlets against ethical and professional standards, such as balance, accuracy, timely, choice of issues, omission of information, advantage of incumbency, positioning of items, inflammatory language etc. The enclosed charts show the coverage of political parties and other relevant subjects in the prime time news programs. Explanation of the charts Political parties and other relevant subjects! The pie charts show the total percentage of airtime allocated to relevant political subjects for each media outlet in the defined period.! The bar charts show the total number of hours and minutes of positive (green), neutral (white) and negative (red) airtime/space devoted to relevant political subjects by each media outlet in the defined period. Monitored media outlets: Television: BHT1, FTV, RTRS, NTV Hayat, TV BN, TV1, and ATV!

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 BHTV1 - news program (Dnevnik 2 at 19.00) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type BiH 'News') PresCr NSRzB 6% Rres 7% 1 - - 1 1 0:17:17 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:14:24 0:11:31 0:08:38 0:05:46 0:02:53 0:00:00 Rres - - HDZ1990 NSRzB NS MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 LSBiH TV FTV - news programs (Dnevnik at 19.30) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type 'News') A- Rres HDZ1990 1 1 10% 6% SbiH 1 0:28:48 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:25:55 0:23:02 0:20:10 0:17:17 0:14:24 0:11:31 0:08:38 0:05:46 0:02:53 0:00:00 Rres HNS HAS SbiH H SDBiH - - DNZ BOSS BPSSH HDZ1990 NS A- LSBiH MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 SNS TV RTRS - news programs (Dnevnik at 19.30) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type 'News') Rres 1 18% 8% 8% - - 7% 9% 1:04:48 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:57:36 0:50:24 0:43:12 0:36:00 0:28:48 0:21:36 0:14:24 0:07:12 0:00:00 Rres HNS - - BOSS BPSSH NS SNS PEi MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 NTV Hayat - news programs (Vijesti at 19.00) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type 'News') Rres 10% BPSSH 7% 10% 9% 7% SbiH 16% 0:17:17 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:14:24 0:11:31 0:08:38 0:05:46 0:02:53 0:00:00 Rres SbiH SDU - - SDU BPSSH HDZ1990 NSRzB NS A- MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 1 TV BN - news programs (Dnevnik 2 at 19.30) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type 'News') 10% Rres 10% - - 10% 0% 19% 9% 1:04:48 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:57:36 0:50:24 0:43:12 0:36:00 0:28:48 0:21:36 0:14:24 0:07:12 0:00:00 Rres SbiH H - - MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 1 NS 7% BPSSH TV1 - news programs (Dnevnik at 19.00) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type 'News') 6% Rres 10% 7% 8% 1 0:36:00 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:28:48 0:21:36 0:14:24 0:07:12 0:00:00 Rres RSVicepresCr VicepresBo SbiH - - BPSSH HDZ1990 NSRzB NS A- MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 6% ATV news programs (Vijesti at 19.00) 1/11/14-31/11/14 (Filtered to type BiH 'News') PresCr 6% Rres 6% 2 7% 1 0:57:36 Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. 0:50:24 0:43:12 0:36:00 0:28:48 0:21:36 0:14:24 0:07:12 0:00:00 Rres RSVicepresCr SbiH H BOSS BPSSH MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitored subjects Croatian Member of the BiH Presidency Serbian Member of the BiH Presidency Bosnian Member of the BiH Presidency President of FBiH Bosniak Vice-president of FBiH Serbian Member of Federal Presidency President of Republika Srpska Vice-president of Republika Srpska Croat Vice-president of Republika Srpska Bosniak BiH Council of Ministers FBiH Government RS Government FedPres Fed VicepresBo FedVicepresSr Rres RSVicepresCr VicepresBo BiH CoM FBiH Gov RS Gov HNS HNS Hrvatska(demokratska(zajednica2(( ( ( ( HDZ(BiH( Hrvatska(seljačka(stranka2( ( ( ( ( HSS( Hrvatska(kršćansko2demokratska(unija(BiH( ((( ( HU(BiH( Hrvatska(stranka(prava(Ante(Starčevića2( ( ( H(AS( Hrvatska(stranka(prava(Herceg2Bosne(2( ( ( HHB( Borci za novu politiku BNP Savez(za(novu(politiku(2(( ( ( ( ( SNP( Stranka(socijalne(sigurnosti(srpskih(boraca(2(( ( ( SSSSB( Koalicija Domovina Stranka(demokratske(akcije(2(( ( ( ( ( ( Stranka(za(Bosnu(i(Hercegovinu(2(( ( ( ( SbiH( Savez(za(bolju(budućnost2Fahrudin(Radončić((( ( ( Hrvatska(stranka(prava( ( ( ( ( H( Prva(stranka(2((( ( ( ( ( ( PS( Stranka(dijaspore(BiH(2(( ( ( ( ( SDBiH( Demokratska(fronta(BiH( ( ( ( ( (BiH( Stranka(demokratske(unije( ( ( ( ( SDU( Savez za promjene Partija(demokratskog(progresa(Republike(Srpske(2(( ( PDP(RS( Srpska(demokratska(stranka(2((( ( ( ( ( Savet -- Savez(nezavisnih(socijaldemokrata( (( Milorad(Dodik( ( (( Socijalistička(partija( ((( ( ( ( ( SoP( Demokratski(narodni(savez( (( ( ( ( ( ( Snaga BiH SNBiH Hrvatska(stranka(prava(BiH( ( ( ( ( H(BiH(

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!! BiH Monitoring media Media Monitoring From 1 September 2014, the Media Plan, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the UK Government, the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and the European Union, has monitored nine television channels, three radio stations, six newspapers and four online media outlet. The monitoring of the media coverage of the pre-election period finished on 10 October. On 13 October, the Media Plan Institute resumed its monitoring of the media to focus on the postelection period, including the forming of the new state administration. The monitoring included quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. The following monitoring data cover the period 1-30 November. Quantitative analysis includes a number of numeric measures and indicators that can be counted and analysed, including assessing and producing findings regarding the time or space allocated to each contestant or other relevant political subjects (in the prime time news programmes) and also evaluating the tone of the coverage in which these subjects were portrayed positive, neutral or negative. Qualitative analysis evaluates the performance of selected media outlets against ethical and professional standards, such as balance, accuracy, timely, choice of issues, omission of information, advantage of incumbency, positioning of items, inflammatory language etc. The enclosed charts show the coverage of political parties and other relevant subjects in the prime time news programs. Explanation of the charts Political parties and other relevant subjects! The pie charts show the total percentage of airtime allocated to relevant political subjects for each media outlet in the defined period.! The bar charts show the total number of hours and minutes of positive (green), neutral (white) and negative (red) airtime/space devoted to relevant political subjects by each media outlet in the defined period. Monitored media outlets: Newspapers: Glas Srpske, Nezavisne novine, Oslobodjenie, Večernji list, and Dnevni avaz Web portals: Frontal and Klix!

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 Glas Srpske 1/11/14-31/11/14 BOSS Rres 9% RSVicepresCr 26% 7% 2 6,000 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 FedPres Rres RSVicepresCr - - SDU BOSS MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 Nezavisne novine 1/11/14-31/11/14 7% Rres 10% 8% 1 1 1 0% 4,000 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Rres RSVicepresCr HNS H - - SRSVS MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 Oslobodjenie 1/11/14-31/11/14 16% Rres NS 10% HDZ1990 BOSS 17% 10% 9% 1 2,500 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 FedVicepresB o FedVicepresS r Rres RSVicepresCr HNS BOSS HDZ1990 NS PEi MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 Vecernij List 1/11/14-31/11/14 BPSSH HDZ1990 P 6% Rres RSVicepresCr 6% 6% 1 HNS SDBiH 9% 2 10,000 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 FedVicepresB Rres RSVicepresCr HNS HAS SbiH SDBiH HBiH P BPSSH HDZ1990 LDSBiH NSRzB HU - MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 Dnevni Avaz 1/11/14-31/11/14 8% BPSSH NS 10% NSRzB Rres 9% 7% 9% 9% 7% 20% 16,000 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 FedPres Rres SDU SDU BOSS BPSSH HDZ1990 NSRzB NS A- LSBiH MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Media monitoring - BiH 2014 Frontal 1/11/14-31/11/14 Rres 1 RSVicepresCr 6% 8% 2 7% 9% 50,000 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 Rres RSVicepresC HNS SbiH - DNZ BPSSH HDZ1990 NSRzB PEi MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Monitoring media - BiH 2014 Klix 1/11/14-31/11/14 9% NS Rres 8% BPSSH 10% 9% 16% 100,000 Total Pos. Total Neutr. Total Neg. 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 FedPres Rres HNS SbiH SDU - ZZP SDU BOSS BPSSH HDZ1990 NSRzB NS A- StrPP PEi MEMO 98, Martinengova 8, 811 02 Bratislava, tel./fax. (02) 6280 1199, www.memo98.sk

Second post-election report on media coverage of political scene in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Released on 24 December 2014