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2008 harmonised elections - Index of articles
Prime-time
Daily Monitoring Report No. 20
Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ)
April 07, 2008
This report monitors
the political content of ZBC's radio and television programming
especially issues relating to the March 29 elections, during prime
time listening and viewing. (It does not include the content of
the main news bulletins, which form the basis of separate research).
All stations (Zimbabwe
Television, Spot FM and Radio Zimbabwe) are monitored from 0700hrs-1000hrs,
12 noon-1400hrs and 1700hrs-2300hrs.
Summary
The information
vacuum continued in the country with the national broadcaster, ZBC,
unable to update the public on why the electoral authorities were
still withholding information on the presidential results. It also
failed to air any programmes on other post-election developments.
Current Affairs
programmes : None
(all stations)
Politically
influenced music
Spot FM
aired a song that indirectly referred to the presidential election
whose results are still pending. The song Pachigaro Chamambo (the
throne) by Andy Brown talks about the sanctity of a king's
throne, and discourages people from fighting over it. In today's
context, especially in light of the fact that the presidential poll
results are already in dispute before they have been announced,
the song may be interpreted as pre-empting any possible claims to
the presidency by MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai, widely believed
to have beaten the sitting president, Robert Mugabe, in the contest.
Political advertising
: None (all stations)
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