Moldova – Local Elections 2007 OSCE/ODIHR EOM’s Media Monitoring prior to the 1 st round of elections Since the start of the campaign on 4 May, the OSCE/ODIHR EOM has monitored six TV stations and nine daily and weekly newspapers. In addition, the monitoring team has undertaken analysis of the main news broadcasts of two regional TV channels and two radio stations. The media unit has been analyzing the programs and daily publications, assessing and producing findings on the time or space allocated to all candidates and parties running in the local elections, as well as the time/space allocation given to all the relevant political entities. The tone of the coverage was also evaluated. Quantitative analysis measures the total amount of time and space devoted to election contestants on news and information programs. Qualitative analysis evaluates the tone in which the relevant political subjects have been portrayed – positive, neutral or negative. While the monitoring focused on all political and election-related programs and broadcasts in the prime time (from 18:00 till 24:00), the enclosed charts show only coverage of relevant political subjects in the prime time news programs. While the monitoring included all the registered political subjects and entities, the enclosed charts show only those subjects receiving significant amounts of time/space. Complete results of media monitoring, including the patterns observed on other TV channels, radios and newspapers, as well as the coverage provided in the run-up to the 17 June second round contests, will be published concurrently with the final report. Explanation of the charts The pie charts show the total percentage of airtime or space 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 devoted to relevant political subjects by each media outlet in the defined period. Monitored Media Outlets Television: Publicly-funded Moldova 1 Private NIT, Euro TV Chi şin ău, Pro TV, TV7 and N4 Radio: Publicly-funded Radio Moldova Private Antena C Regional TV: Teleradio BălŃi, TV Gagauzia Newspapers: Komsomolskaya Pravda, Nezavisimaya Moldova, Moldavskie Vedomosti, Flux, Timpul, Jurnal de Chi şin ău, Moldova Suveran ă, Ziarul de Gard ă, and S ăpt ămîna. Local Elections Moldova 2007 Moldova 1 - news programs (4/5/07 - 1/6/07) pds (Filtered to typecc balti'News') pum speaker 2.2% pres 9.4% 0.3% 1.0% 25.5% psdm 1.3% psl 1.3% pl 2.2% ppcd 5.7% amn 2.4% pdm 2.6% pcrm gov ccc 6.1% presidency 38.9% 0.3% 0.5% 1:55:12 1:40:48 1:26:24 1:12:00 0:57:36 0:43:12 0:28:48 0:14:24 0:00:00 pl psl ccc pds gov pres amn pum pdm ppcd pcrm psdm cc balti cc speaker presidency Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. Local Elections Moldova 2007 NIT - news programs 4/5/07 - 1/6/07 (Filtered to type 'News') amn ppcd speaker pdm 0.1% 0.5% 5.4% 0.1% pcrm 5.8% presidency 1.7% pres 48.5% gov 38.1% 1:26:24 1:12:00 0:57:36 0:43:12 0:28:48 0:14:24 0:00:00 gov pres amn pdm ppcd pcrm speaker presidency Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. Local Elections Moldova 2007 Euro TV - news programs 4/5/07 - 1/6/07 (Filtered to type 'News') pc pnl perm pds ppr 0.3% 0.8% pres 0.6% 1.7% 0.8% 6.2% prr 1.0% pl 1.4% ppcd 22.0% gov 39.3% amn pcrm pdm 2.1% 11.0% ccc 4.8% 3.4% 1:12:00 1:04:48 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 pl pc psl prr pnl pld ccc ppr pds gov pres amn pdm ppcd pcrm perm speaker Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. Local Elections Moldova 2007 Pro TV 4/5/07 - 1/6/07 (Filteredcc rezina to type 'News') speaker cc cahul cc corjova 0.4% 2.3% 0.8% 0.4% pnl ci 1.5% 2.4% pds pres 8.0% 10.6% ucm 1.2% gov ppr 27.2% 1.3% pemave 0.9% psdm presidency 1.6% 0.8% psl ccc 2.2% 2.2% pl ppcd pcrm pld pdm 4.2% 8.6% amn 13.8% 0.9% 5.8% 2.7% 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 pl ci psl pnl pld ccc ppr pds gov ucm pres amn pdm ppcd pcrm psdm speaker pemave cc cahul cc cc rezina cc cc corjova cc presidency Total Neg. Total Neutr. Total Pos. ABBREVIATIONS Gov Government Pres President Presidency Presidential Advisers CEC Central Election Commission CI Independent Candidates CCC Chisinau City Council CC (Region) City Council (Region) Speaker Speaker of Parliament PCRM Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova PUM Humanist Party of Moldova AMN “Moldova Noastra (Our Moldova)” Alliance PDM Democratic Party of Moldova PL Liberal Party PC Conservative Party PPCD Christian Democratic People’s Party PRR Patria-Rodina Ravnopravie, Electoral Bloc PSDM Social-Democratic Party of Moldova PSL Social Liberal Party PNL National Liberal Party PPR Republican Popular Party PERM European Party PLD Party of Law and Justice PDS Party of Social Democracy APM Agrarian Party of Moldova PSM Socialist Party of Moldova MPSN Professionals' Movement "Speranta-Nadejda" NPNM New National Moldovan Party FNP Socio-political Movement "Forta Noua" (New Force) PSRM Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova "Patria-Rodina" PEMAVE Environmental Party of Moldova "Green Alliance" PNR National Romanian Party PRP Republican Party of Moldova UMPR Labor Union "Patria-Rodina" UCM Centrist Union of Moldova PDSMU Party of Spiritual Development "Moldova Unita" (United Moldova) .