{"id":14183,"date":"2019-10-18T15:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=14183"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:25:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:25:51","slug":"cnc-appreciates-positively-media-work-in-last-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/cnc-appreciates-positively-media-work-in-last-three-months\/","title":{"rendered":"CNC appreciates positively media work in last three months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>During the presentation of the achievements of the last three months this October 18th, the Chairman of Burundi Media Regulator-CNC has said media worked in compliance with the law despite some slight mistakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14186\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14186\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-14186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bankumukunzi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bankumukunzi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bankumukunzi-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bankumukunzi-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/bankumukunzi-600x345.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nestor Bankumukunzi calls on media operating in Burundi to be more professional<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn general, we have realized that different media in Burundi work in accordance with the law and in a professional way,\u201d says Nestor Bankumukunzi, Chairman of Burundi Media Regulator-CNC.<br \/>\nMedia professionals have followed pieces of advice that CNC always give them, he adds.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is apparent that there are good relationships between CNC and media professionals,\u201d he says, adding that it is due to several meetings that media regulatory authorities organize with different actors working in the media sector.<\/p>\n<p>For him, there are some media which still make some small mistakes. Among them are the newspaper \u2018La Voix de l\u2019Enseignant\u2019, Radio Culture and Net Press.<br \/>\n\u201cMistakes that are committed by the media are among others broadcasting unbalanced information and non-respect of the law,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>For Radio Culture, CNC chairman says it mainly makes technical mistakes. \u201cWaves of strange radio stations sometimes pass through the frequency modulation of Radio Culture and this is not good for the country,\u201d he adds.<br \/>\nMr. Bankumukunzi calls on media operating in Burundi to work in compliance with the law and to be more professional.<\/p>\n<p>He also calls on them to invest more in contributing to the good organization of the 2020 elections for the general interest of the country. \u201cThey must work in accordance with the conduct code that media professionals have recently signed,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/cnc-accuses-some-media-of-broadcasting-unbalanced-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In May, Burundi Media Regulator had accused some media of disseminating unbalanced information <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, some media professionals were against such accusations. They also deplored reluctance of some sources which do not express themselves freely because of fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the presentation of the achievements of the last three months this October 18th, the Chairman of Burundi Media Regulator-CNC has said media worked in compliance with the law despite some slight mistakes. \u201cIn general, we have realized that different media in Burundi work in accordance with the law and in a professional way,\u201d says [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":14186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,670],"tags":[1177,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14188,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14183\/revisions\/14188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}