Pascal Muni, an expert of the Council of Europe (CE), believes that the key task of the media is not to spread politicians’ statements, but the information, which citizens need.
“It is important that media should create equal conditions for everybody,” the CE expert said at a conference in Baku on 26 August.
Organized by the CE and Azerbaijani New Generation Journalist Union, a conference on the Media and elections. Media’s democratic responsibility was held in Baku on 26 August, TrendNews reported. The conference took place within the framework of the CE Actions Plan to improve professionalism of media in Azerbaijan on the eve of 2008presidential elections.
The CE expert said that the condition should be created for media’s independent activity in the elections process. It is important that media should not damage moral issue, he said.