Monitoring In May 2011

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Monitoring In May 2011

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1. MATERIALS WITH SIGNS OF BEING ORDERED (OR WITH CENSORSHIP)

Generally in May in daily summary newcasts of examined channels was such amount of socio-political materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered:

Table 1. Number of socio-political materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	127	119	137	106	102	136
Inter	115	95	108	86	101	124
Ukrayina	106	80	59	39	49	51
ICTV	93	104	99	75	86	91
Channel 5	85	69	79	58	53	70
1+1	74	83	78	64	80	96
Novy	39	34	33	33	32	41
STB	27	19	19	13	19	21

General number of such materials greatly increased in May in comparison with previous month. As before, most such materials appeared on Channel 1. Inter took second place again. The number of such materials on Ukrayina continued to grow rapidly - the channel already has third place, almost catching up with leaders of this anti-top list. More and more materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered we had on Channel 5. Also there was considerable growth in their number on STB. Generally, most channels gave more such information in May. Possibly it was because of evidentially distorted highlighting the events of May 9^th in Lviv and their consequences. However, on ICTV there were a bit less such information.

TABLE 2. Number of business materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
1+1	9	10	9	5	8	8
ICTV	8	10	11	5	6	12
Novy	7	8	10	5	6	5
Ukrayina	6	3	2	0	0	2
STB	3	2	4	2	4	4
Channel 1	4	2	3	0	0	5
Inter	1	0	0	0	0	2
Channel 5	0	5	0	0	1	6

Here we had only one considerable change - this month business ordered materials were absent on Channel 5 again, as well as in January-March. The rest of channels, as before, advertised mostly the businesses or charity of their owners.

Table 3.1. Number of materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered within main lines - positive or neutral, without opinion balance, materials about the government:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	120	109	132	104	96	119
Inter	108	88	104	82	88	112
Ukrayina	95	71	56	37	44	45
ICTV	88	92	96	73	77	80
Channel 5	82	60	77	56	47	60
1+1	66	79	75	62	75	89
Novy	37	27	30	32	29	37
STB	24	15	19	13	16	20

Table 3.1. Number of materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered within main lines - positive or neutral, without opinion balance, materials about the opposition:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Ukrayina	25	10	4	3	16	12
Channel 1	20	5	4	3	14	20
Inter	20	8	6	7	21	26
Channel 5	19	8	8	6	13	13
ICTV	15	6	4	3	14	12
1+1	13	8	7	3	12	20
Novy	9	1	2	1	10	6
STB	5	1	1	0	4	2

NOTE: general number of materials may not coincide with the general numbers (table 1) as some materials have both lines present.

In May there were considerably more materials about the opposition, mostly owing to the three main subjects, namely, events in Lviv and the course of criminal prosecution of Lutsenko and Tymoshenko. Ukrayina again was an indisputable anti-leader of this list.

The following standards were violated by the channels in their materials with the signs of censorship or signs of being ordered:

TABLE 4.1. Violation of opinion balance standard:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	123	114	133	104	98	133
Inter	108	92	105	83	99	120
Ukrayina	101	78	55	36	49	49
ICTV	88	102	97	73	85	88
Channel 5	84	67	78	55	51	66
1+1	73	82	74	62	79	94
Novy	39	33	30	31	31	38
STB	27	19	18	13	18	19

TABLE 4.2. Violation of information completeness standard:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	127	119	136	103	101	132
ICTV	90	103	98	73	86	89
Inter	115	93	107	81	100	119
1+1	74	83	77	63	79	93
Ukrayina	105	80	58	35	48	48
Channel 5	85	68	78	57	50	68
Novy	38	34	33	32	30	38
STB	27	19	18	12	18	20

TABLE 4.3. Violation of facts and opinions separation standard:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	98	88	91	58	39	34
Inter	92	81	73	61	55	43
Ukrayina	89	70	31	16	13	12
ICTV	77	97	71	51	46	44
1+1	63	80	55	49	51	36
Channel 5	56	38	33	19	11	12
Novy	36	26	29	23	16	19
STB	23	17	14	10	12	10

TABLE 4.4 Violation of information reliability standard:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	39	46	22	11	19	22
Inter	22	29	27	12	16	13
1+1	18	32	17	12	10	12
ICTV	18	30	23	13	10	13
Ukrayina	17	15	11	6	6	4
Novy	12	12	8	6	9	4
Channel 5	10	8	13	7	9	7
STB	6	5	5	1	1	1

TABLE 4.5 Violation of information accuracy standard:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Ukrayina	14	6	5	5	5	0
Channel 1	9	5	3	5	6	10
ICTV	7	7	7	3	2	4
1+1	6	6	5	7	3	6
Inter	5	12	7	10	9	8
Novy	3	2	0	2	2	1
Channel 5	3	1	4	2	3	1
STB	1	1	0	2	1	0

This month, as before, the main violations that could be called the signs of censorship or being ordered were the violation of opinion balance and information completeness standards. At the same time the number of violations of facts and opinion separation standard continued growing. Information reliability standard was violated by channels a bit less than in April. In May Ukrayina channel violated information accuracy standard many times.

2. CONCEALMENT OF SOCIALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION BY THE CHANNELS

In realization of political orders concealment of certain subjects or their components (as positions and argumentation of parties, expert evaluations, exact facts and backgrounds), that being disclosed, would be unfavourable for the government, still play very important role.

TABLE 5. General number of concealments of important subjects, opinions, facts or backgrounds:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	329	393	371	358	305	363
Novy	324	409	370	337	301	319
Inter	319	398	354	339	298	344
Ukrayina	307	389	356	331	303	311
ICTV	305	390	365	325	295	334
1+1	301	382	353	332	285	325
STB	298	381	351	318	255	305
Channel 5	253	368	339	302	257	302

The general number of subjects, concealed by the channels was a bit less than in April. The channels had not very different results. Channel 5 concealed information considerably less.

TABLE 6. Number of concealments of information about protest actions of different political forces and separate social groups, about court orders against those actions and about law enforcement bodies activity on blocking of these actions and their participants arrest:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
ICTV	61	44	44	32	21	49
Novy	60	42	51	35	26	38
Channel 1	58	47	55	43	30	52
1+1	53	46	45	34	23	39
Inter	54	46	48	33	28	47
STB	49	44	44	32	20	37
Ukrayina	48	37	44	30	22	39
Channel 5	44	34	48	24	18	36

The general number of subjects, concealed by the channels grew again in May. As before, Ukrayina and Channel 5 give such information more often. Among the subjects concealed by all the channels are the following:

Ukrainians express their opinion about the power on "the wall of truth" in the center of Kyiv - National Forum of Trade Unions action (May 1)

March for the liberation of political prisoners took place in Kiev, (May 1)

Trade unions should unite around Spring protest march of May 19^th - Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of small and medium businesses said (May 16)

Buses with the participants of the Vpered action possibly would not be let in Kyiv, transport companies asked for help (May 17)

Svoboda fixed the tent camp near Lviv Pre-Trial Detention center, where party members were kept (26 May)

The government increases pressure on the activists of the Vpered action - action organizers said (27 May)

Ten thousand people in Lviv took part in a rally in defense of the arrested members of Svoboda (May 30)

Organizers of the Vpered action invited factions leaders and ministers to report to the Ukrainians on June 8 (31 May)

TABLE 7. Number of concealments concerning government\'s attacks on the freedom of speech:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	10	10	16	11	21	20
1+1	10	13	16	9	21	21
Inter	10	12	17	11	20	21
Novy	10	14	17	11	22	19
Ukrayina	10	13	15	9	20	20
ICTV	9	11	18	11	18	20
STB	7	12	15	11	17	20
Channel 5	4	12	13	10	16	17

Here we could see that most Channels concealed such issues. STB and Channel 5 gave such information more often than the others. Among the subjects that were not highlighted by any channel, were:

Voters Committee of Ukraine poorly appreciated the readiness of authorities to carry out the law on access to public information (May 20)

Journalists of the Khreshchatyk newspaper claimed that Kyiv authorities use censorship (23 May)

National Council again did not extend the broadcasting license for Chornomorska television and radio broadcasting company in three Crimea regions (May 25)

Ukrainians World Congress asked Yanukovych, Azarov and Lytvyn to cancel the decision to terminate broadcasting of Ukrayina radio station (28 May)

TABLE 8. Number of concealments of information about decrease of different components of welfare of population or its separate groups (increase in price of basic food and household products, tax, duties and payments increase, utility rates increase, basic services price increase, retirement age rising, state-financed organizations shutdown and their workers dismissal etc.):

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Novy	65	95	108	97	76	78
Channel 1	64	86	105	104	69	82
Ukrayina	63	91	109	98	79	71
ICTV	62	84	106	96	76	74
Inter	60	86	98	97	72	70
1+1	58	81	97	90	61	68
STB	54	87	102	93	74	77
Channel 5	52	88	102	95	77	75

In May general number of such materials lessened again. The channels concealed such information jointly. STB and Channel 5 gave a bit more such information. Here are the subjects that were not covered by any channel:

In Dnipropetrivsk region the level of unemployment grew - Regional Statistics Committee (May 2)

Bus fare increased in Kryvyi Rih (May 5)

The growth of manufacturers prices accelerated in Ukraine in April - State Statistics Committee (May 6)

Surgical department closed in Dnipropetrivsk regional hospital for the disabled and combatants (May 9)

For 85% of the Ukrainians crisis is not over yet or is just beginning - poll stated (May 14)
Gasoline price per week increased by 7-14 kopecks / liter (May 20)

Municipal electric transport fare in Odesa grew by 25% (May 24)

TABLE 9. Number of concealments of information about governmental attacks on the businesses:

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	28	30	41	27	16	44
Novy	28	33	42	26	16	34
ICTV	27	32	39	23	14	38
1+1	26	32	42	27	13	40
Inter	26	32	34	27	14	41
Channel 5	22	29	39	25	13	31
Ukrayina	21	28	37	29	15	40
STB	19	32	41	25	14	32

Journalists of STB, Ukrayina and Channel 5 highlighted these issues more often. Among the things, ignored by all the channels:

Kharkiv entrepreneurs supported the action for dismissal of Azarov\'s government (May 11)

NGOs of AIC asked the President of Ukraine to veto the introduction of export duties on wheat (May 23)

Kiev regional custom office blocked the import of medicines - FarmUkrayina informed (May23)

Internet Association of Ukraine asked Yanukovych to veto the recovery of VAT on information services (May24)

Association of farmers asked the president to veto the law on custom duties on grain exports (May 24)

TABLE 10. Number of concealments of information concerning the opposition\'s public statements and activity (without regard for opinion balance violations in ordered materials):

Channel	May 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011	January 2011	December 2010
Channel 1	139	129	87	136	118	133
Inter	139	130	85	130	115	125
Novy	133	133	87	131	112	99
1+1	132	133	87	134	119	124
Ukrayina	132	130	85	124	109	103
ICTV	131	124	84	126	111	117
STB	128	127	86	126	90	110
Channel 5	109	120	84	110	97	101

In May the number of concealments in this field grew a bit. Channel 1 and Inter concealed considerably more information than others, Channel 5 did it considerably less. The following subjects were not highlighted by any channel:

The law on the use of the Victory flag on May 9 would split the Ukrainian society - the leader of Rukh patry said (May 5)

Tymoshenko said that pension reform would lead to the destruction of the national pension system (May 6)

People\'s deputies asked the Constitutional Court about the constitutionality of certain articles of the Code of administrative violations and Law on police (May 6)

Batkivshchyna insisted on holding a referendum on land (May 6)

The European Court began its consideration of Lutsenko\'s claim - deputy Grymchak said (May 6)

Tymoshenko: Red flags on Victory Day offended national dignity of Ukrainians (May 6)

Tymoshenko congratulated veterans and children of war on the Victory Day (May 7)

Chinese buckwheat cost Ukraine 2.5 times more than expected, and it was bought without tender - deputy Ariev said (May 7)

Nasha Ukrayina members demandede resignation of Mohyl\'yov because of clashes in Lviv (May 10)

Current government is responsible for the provocations - Nalyvaychenko said (May 10)

The events in Ukraine were an intentional provocation of the government, and Ukrainians should not take this "hook" - Tymoshenko said (May 10)

Tymoshenko accused the General Prosecutor\'s Office in the falsification of materials and criminal cases (May 11)

Tymoshenko intended be present personally in the District Court of New York on hearing her claim against Firtash (May 12)

Batkivshchyna intended to appeal to the European Court to prove that the actions of the General Prosecutor\'s Office towards Tymoshenko were illegal (May 12)

Tymoshenko was not allowed to travel abroad not by the investigator but by the highest government of the state - Batkivshchyna Press Service informed (May 12)

Nasha Ukrayina members demanded to deal with illegal posting of red flags on administrative buildings on May 9 (May 12)

Ukraine should receive compensation from Russia for the expences of the retired from Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation - Tarasyuk said (13 May)

The provocations in Lviv on May 9 were planned by Yanukovych and Russian secret services - Sobolev said (13 May)

If Ukrainians knew its history, the events on May 9 in Lviv could have been avoided - Yushchenko (May 16)

Tymoshenko urged the Ukrainians to light candles in memory of the political repressions victims (May 16)

The opposition wanted to hear Azarov in parliament (May 16)

Ukraine was becoming a pre-election platform of candidates for president of Russia - Tomenko said (May 16)

Batkivshchyna insisted on creating two investigative commissions in Verkhovna Rada, dealing with rising prices and payments for energy - ByuT informed (May 16)

Since May 4, Ukrainian peacekeepers had been Ivory Coast illegally - Tomenko said (May 16)

BYuT considered that the bill on elections to the Verkhovna Rada is designed in the interests of the government (May 16)

The conflict around the Lisovyi market may be simple land redistribution - deputy Korolevska (May 16)

NUNS offered to introduce a tax on excess profits of individuals (May 17)

Ukrainian Nationalists Congress urged the authorities to clear the Donetsk region from totalitarian symbols, in order not to shock the fans at Euro 2012 (May 17)

Yushchenko did not exclude that the events of May 9 in Lviv were directed abroad (May 18)

Tymoshenko\'s lawyers appealed to Pechersk district court decision on the legality of the proceedings on gas contracts (May 19)

Participants of Vpered action demanded the dismissal of the government if their demands are not fulfilled by 14 June - Korolevska said (19 May)

Spring protest march may continue at least a year - Korolevska said (May 20)

If Yanukovych signed law on the red flag, this bill would be challenged in the Constitutional Court - the leader of the UPR said (May20)

Batkivshchyna congress urged Lutsenko to stop hunger-strike, and demanded the authorities to close the case against former Interior Minister (May 20)

History of the expulsion of Czech diplomats was the testimony of Ukrainian government being unprofessional - Nalyvaychenko said (May 23)

Tymoshenko again required the General Prosecutor to cancel the decision to bring criminal cases against her (May 30)

BYuT-Batkivshchyna will demand the abolition of laws on court organization and the status of judges, and also initiates a meeting with ambassadors of the EU (May 30)

EPP President condemned the arrest of Tymoshenko - the press service of Batkivshchyna said (May 24)

The government wanted to give the Ukrainian opposition up for lost this summer - Tymoshenko said (May 25)

Nasha Ukrayina threw its weight behind Tymoshenko, Lutsenko, Didenko and Makarenko - the patry stated (May 25)

Nasha Ukrayina required the prosecution to verify the legality of construction works on the grounds of the Church of Tithes in Kyiv (May 26)

Batkivshchyna did not exclude that people from the Azarov\'s environment made a profit on medicines (May 26)

Prosecutors should interrogate Yushchenko and Firtash in the case of gas contracts -deputy Hrytsenko said (May 27)

Nasha Ukrayina asked UNESCO to protect the Church of Tithes in Kyiv from the barbaric construction (May 27)

Protest actions would lead to the change of government this autumn -Turchynov predicts (May 27)

TABLE 11. Number of concealments of information concerning disputed situations provoked by the government in humanitarian area (reducing governmental support of the Ukrainian language, shutdowns of schools with the Ukrainian language of education, distortion and disregard of the national liberation movement history by officials or government institutions, oppression or disregard of non-pro-Russian religious churches by the government etc.):

Channel	MAY 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011
Channel 1	50	48	24	59
STB	50	48	21	47
Inter	48	53	21	56
Novy	48	50	24	54
Ukrayina	47	49	21	55
1+1	46	51	23	55
ICTV	46	49	25	53
Channel 5	38	45	24	47

General number of such subjects could be compared with April data. The channels concealed this information at the same rate, Channel 5 did it a bit less. Not any channel highlighted the following issues:

Ukrainian Canadians Congress called on Yanukovich to veto the law on red flags (May 5)

The actions of Moscow Patriarchate church in Ukraine are geopolitical in nature - Lubomir Husar said (May 12)

Ministry of Education denied the request of Za Ykrayinu! party to get acquainted with the text of the new history textbook for 11th grade (May 16)

In parliament there was no vote to condemn Putin\'s statement about Ukraine\'s role in WWII (May 17)

Head of the Lviv regional council accused the representatives of the central government in attempting to throw the real heroes of Ukraine out of its history (May 23)

The new version of the law on higher education was not a retrograde step but a jump into the abyss - ByuT deputy said (May 26)

Formal raising of the Russian language would make additional cracks in the ethno-political map of Ukraine - Institute of Linguistics stated (May 27)

Ambassador of Ukraine hopes for more active participation of the Russian authorities in solving problems of Ukrainian language in Russia (May 28)

TABLE 12. Number of concealments of information concerning conflicts, provoked by law enforcement bodies activity against non-criminal people:

Channel	MAY 2011	April 2011	March 2011	February 2011
Channel 1	76	40	32	57
Inter	74	43	29	51
Novy	74	49	33	54
1+1	70	39	32	56
STB	70	40	30	52
ICTV	68	43	33	55
Ukrayina	67	39	30	48
Channel 5	45	25	22	39

In May there were consideranly more such issues. Channel 5 journalists turned to them more often than on the other channels. The following subjects were not highlighted in any channel\'s main newscasts:

The president was responsible for the life of Lutsenko - Tomenko said (May 7)

Lutsenko complained on poor health - an ombudsman said (May 12)

The government was getting even with me - Lutsenko said (May 13)

Yuriy Lutsenko\'s condition got worse - his wife informed (May 16)

Svoboda members declared the detention of their activists in connection with the events of May 9 (May 16)

PGO motivlessly threatened Tymoshenko to arrest her - Batkivshchyna declared (May 18)

Karpachova addressed the Pechersk district court of Kyiv with a request to change the preventive measures for Lutsenko (May 23)

Tymoshenko said that she would meet European diplomats in Kyiv to discuss the situation with political repressions in Ukraine (May 23)

Lutsenko in Pre-Trial Detention centre was deprived of medical care and passed out several times - his wife said (May 25)

Spanish Secretary of State was concerned about the harassment of opposition in Ukraine and Ashton was concerned about the assumptions of political motivation of Tymoshenko cases (May 26)

Tymoshenko favoured a jury in the struggle against political repression (May 31)

Other significant subjects, concealed by all the channels in May:

Buzek reminded Kyiv that sustainable stability was possible only through democracy (May 3)

Odesa City Council entered into official relations with the unrecognized Trans-Dniester Republic (May 5)

Kharkiv Svoboda required to bring case against the mayor Kernes for the admission of Russian military parade on May 9 (May 6)

42% of citizens considered Ukrainian society not free - Research & Branding Group research stated (May 11)

On May 9 in Lviv police, authorities and provocateurs were acting together - the head of the Lviv regional council said (11 May)

The President appointed the first deputy prosecutor general\'s brother Kuzmin First Deputy Chairman of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (May 12)

Provocations in Lviv on May 9 were organized by the government of Ukraine according to the Kremlin script - Lviv regional council stated (May 12)

In the first quarter Ukraine had 2.3 times increasd of the negative balance of external trade - State Statistics Committee informed (May13)

Stream of consciousness of Russian director would not "cover up" Kuchma and would throw dirt on Konchalovsky himself - Gongadze\'s widow said (May 16)

The population of Ukraine in the period from January till March reduced by 54.3 thousand people - statistics said (May 16)

Members of the Lviv regional council demanded the resignation of Yanukovych\'s government (May 17)

MFI intended to sell 700 objects of illicit privatization (May 17)

Profile Committee of the Parliament supports the resignation of Minister of Defense (May 19)

Kyiv office of Svoboda was robbed - the party\'s office equipment and documentation was taken away (May 20)

Svoboda member, who was detained in connection with events in Lviv on May 9, went on hunger strike (May 22)

The European Commission did not see visible results in fighting corruption in Ukraine - report (26 May)

EU is concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine in 2010 in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms (May 26)

EU expected Ukraine to improve electoral legislation - report said (May 26)

EU expected Ukraine to amend the law on public procurement (May 26)

Deepening relations between Kyiv and Brussels eliminated selectivity of judicial law - Ashton\'s statement in the case of Tymoshenko (May 26)

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