Maat issued the first report to evaluate the performance of the media in the coverage of the electoral process Private media, the quality of coverage in the official media is biased to Al-Sisi Anti June 30 media platforms use insults and name-calling an

The Media plays an important role in the electoral process, whether through awareness and motivation for participation in general, or through helping the voters to compose their convictions and choosing between the candidates and comparing between the offered electoral programs.
In this context, Maat for Peace, Development, and Human Rights, and through “The Observatory of Presidential Elections- Egypt 2014”, is interested in monitoring and evaluating the performance of the different media during the electoral process, in order to ascertain the extent of the commitment of these means to the regulatory legislations.
Maat issued the first report related to evaluating the performance of the media that were included in the sample during the time period (April 26, 2014 - May 2, 2014), which is the stage immediately preceding the stage of election campaigns. The sample includes three main types: news websites, television programs, and pages. Social Media .
The results of the report revealed that the private media in Egypt is impartial to the candidate Abd El-ftah Al-Sisi, and covered much more his counterpart the presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy, and also the the Official Media is trying as much as possible to be neutral, but the quality of the coverage (not the area) tends to the favor of presidential candidate Abd El-ftah Al-Sisi relatively more.
In contrast, the media coverage of the camp affiliated on anti- the 30th of June revolution, and post it, lack objectivity and professionalism standards in handling the electoral process, and take on the whole a negative attitude in covering the electoral process,, the towards the presidential candidate El-ftah Al-Sisi more.
Otherwise, using some of the Social Media Pages to verbally curse and insult (illegal often) against the candidates is unacceptable at all.
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