• Home
  • About us
    • About Us
    • Documents
      • Statute
      • Procedures
      • Analysis and Publications
      • Reports
      • Strategic Plan
    • History
    • Press Clipings
      • Press 2023
      • Press 2022
    • Gallery
    • Videos
  • Code of Ethics
  • Council of Honor
    • About Council of Honor
    • Announcement Council of Honor
  • Projects
    • Current Projects
    • Finished Projects
  • Announcements
  • Activities
  • Contact
  • English
    • македонски јазик
    • Shqip

Contact information?

00389 (02) 3298-139
contact@znm.org.mk
Join us!
Здружение на новинари на Македонија
    • Home
    • About us
      • About Us
      • Documents
        • Statute
        • Procedures
        • Analysis and Publications
        • Reports
        • Strategic Plan
      • History
      • Press Clipings
        • Press 2023
        • Press 2022
      • Gallery
      • Videos
    • Code of Ethics
    • Council of Honor
      • About Council of Honor
      • Announcement Council of Honor
    • Projects
      • Current Projects
      • Finished Projects
    • Announcements
    • Activities
    • Contact
    • English
      • македонски јазик
      • Shqip

    Announcements

    • Home
    • Blog
    • Announcements
    • CMEM and AJM strongly condemn the direct violation of the election silence

    CMEM and AJM strongly condemn the direct violation of the election silence

    • Categories Announcements
    • Date July 14, 2020

    The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM) strongly condemn the cases of gross violation of the election silence by several online media during yesterday, which is a serious compromise of the election process.

    It goes to the extent that the media, which themselves remind how to avoid election irregularities, violate the rules of election reporting with their coverage and even allow themselves to publish assessments of election results and announce non-existent, unofficial data from the voting so far.

    Apart from seriously violating the ethical standards and norms for elections coverage, these portals also violate the Electoral Code, which clearly states that “during the election silence, all forms of election media coverage of the participants in the campaign terminates” and that “any form of media reporting that is openly or covertly in function of someone’s election campaign and can influence the decision of the voters” is prohibited. Additionally, they damage the election process itself, becoming a tool in the hands of party centers.

    We also remind to the fact that some of these portals are on the list of the State Election Commission for paid political advertising with the money of all citizens, from the Budget, and by not respecting the fundamental principles of reporting they are put in the same basket with professional newsrooms.

    We remind the media that the election silence is a phase in which voters should be allowed to analyze the information received about the political offer during the campaign and decide who to vote for. We call on the members of the Registry of Professional Online Media (www.promedia.mk) to consistently and fully respect the professional and ethical standards in reporting and not serve as a tool for political agitation and propaganda.

    At the same time, we urge news aggregators to seriously engage in reconsidering whether they will be devoting their space to a content that circumvents and ignores professional standards and legal provisions.

    • Share:
    author avatar
    Здружение на новинари на Македонија

    Previous post

    AJM, SSNM and CMEM strongly condemn the threats against the correspondent Tanja Milevska
    July 14, 2020

    Next post

    The Ministry of Interior punished the police officers who obstructed the work of journalist Biljana Sekulovska
    July 23, 2020

    You may also like

    sjn 20.03.2023
    SafeJournalists: Stop Violence against Journalists and Activists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    20 March, 2023
    SafeJournalists-17.3.2023
    SafeJournalists: Stop the Intimidation of Journalists in Kosovo
    17 March, 2023
    ZNM
    Suhail Jonuzi is the new coordinator in the Polog region
    13 March, 2023

    Search

    Cateogries

    • Activities
    • Announcements
    • Council of Honor
    logo-eduma-the-best-lms-wordpress-theme

    00389 (02) 3298-139

    contact@znm.org.mk

    Градски ѕид, блок 13 1000 Скопје

    Documents

    • Statute
    • Procedures
    • Analysus and Publications
    • Strategic Plan

    AJM

    • About us
    • History
    • Gallery
    • Gallery
    • Contact

    Links

    • Announcements
    • Activities
    • Membership
    • Privacy & Cookies

    © 2020 Сите права задржани - ЗНМ Скопје. Развиено од SVNA Design

    [miniorange_social_login shape="longbuttonwithtext" theme="default" space="4" width="240" height="40"]

    Login with your site account

    Lost your password?