Local media not accountable – study

Jun 10, 2009
By Adam Mullett

VILNIUS - A recent study of six Baltic Sea region media houses has shown that Lithuanian – and to a lesser extent Latvian – newspapers are not up to Western standards in terms of transparency and accountability, including corrections, ownership information, staff policies, reporting policies and interactivity. “Transparency standards used by [and] promoted by Western scholars and employed by progressive world media are still new to Lithuanian press. Compared to Swedish daily papers, Lithuania ...

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