Only 13% of political news in regional online media – IMI’s survey

13% of news in the regional online media deal with political topics. 12% of political news contain the signs of being paid-for. These are the findings of the monitoring of online media in 10 regions of Ukraine that the Institute of Mass Information conducted during the period of June 10-14, 2019. The largest part of political […]

Media movement calls to find and bring to justice those responsible for murder of Komarov – statement

Ukraine media, public and human rights institutions are appalled by death of Cherkassy journalist, blogger and public activist Vadym Komarov, who died in the hospital on June 20. Vadym Komarov was brutally assaulted in center of Cherkasy on May 4. Having sustained a severe head injury, he remained in a coma ever since and he died […]

Concentration of TV channels by Medvedchuk’s immediate circles threatens to national security and information field. Media movement’s statement

Photo credits: dsnews.ua The Media movement “Media for a conscious choice” called on the National Council, the Security Service of Ukraine, the President and the Ukrainian authorities to take concrete measures in reaction to purchase of the ZIK TV channel by the ally of Viktor Medvedchuk and the concentration under his control of three news […]

One political party as would-be buyer of more than half of jeansa in online media – IMI’s survey

57% of the stories having attributes of being paid-for in the national online media were stories dealing with the party “Opposition Platform – For Life”. Such are the results of the monitoring of political jeansa held by the Institute of Mass Information within the period from 3rd to 7th June 2019 in 13 sought-after web-based […]