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According to the report, during the monitoring, Moldova 1 largely reflected the events in the main newscasts in a neutral way. However, the issues related to Chisinau Municipality were predominant to the detriment of the other regions of the country, and the representatives of the Capital Mayor’s Office were somewhat favored by public channel. The research launched on June 10 demonstrates that, of the 154 news monitored, approximately 25% addressed the topics related to Chisinau, and the capital was the area the public TV channel mentions most often in the “Mesager” newscasts.
During the meeting, Violeta Cojocaru, President of the SB of TRM, referred to one of the recommendations presented by Victor Gotisan, the author of the research, aimed at the activity of the Supervisory Board. Victor Gotisan recommends the SB members to apply the legal provisions stipulated by the Code of Audiovisual Media Services and the council’s regulations in order “to supervise Moldova 1’s activity to help it fulfill its mission, as well as to analyze the content produced to suggest strict recommendations.”
Violeta Cojocaru considers that the above recommendation is “a very general one” because the suggestion does not indicate exactly the legal provisions it aims at, and the article cited in the SB regulations “is a general one” and is related to convening the members to hold a meeting. “According to the Supervisory Board attributions stipulated in the Code of Audiovisual Media Services, there is no such activity,” Violeta Cojocaru says.
“He [the author of the report – editor’s note.] meant the Council’s more serious involvement in the context of the report,” her colleague, Larisa Calugaru, said, suggesting to study the entire research instead of merely the point intended for the SB.
Violeta Cojocaru replied that the recommendation would have been clearer if it included an indication for the SB to supervise the activity of Teleradio-Moldova, not that of Moldova 1 public channel.
During the meeting, Larisa Calugaru suggested inviting the author of the report for examining the study together with the SB members.
In her turn, Daniela Mitelea, the SB member, reminded that, according to the legislation, the Council does not have the right to get involved in the editorial activity of the TV channel, but said that the report could be studied and discussed by all the SB members. “We need to have a more serious attitude towards this report. Indeed, let us read I and analyze it, and watch some broadcasts if we consider it is necessary. Besides, it would be interesting to have a discussion with the author of this report,” Daniela Mitelea concluded.
Finally, the SB members voted unanimously for including examination of the report during one of the meetings to be held in the future.
