"If the media were controlled, the opposition voices would not dominate"/ Rama reacts again to Reporters Without Borders

2026-05-06 10:35:00, Politikë CNA

"If the media were controlled, the opposition voices would not

Prime Minister Edi Rama has once again reacted to the Reporters Without Borders report on media freedom, where Albania dropped three places.

In his post on "X", Rama writes that if the media were "captured" by the government, the opposition would not own the majority of political television broadcast time in March, while the government, according to him, took a small share.

Among other things, he adds that the government takes seriously concerns regarding media ownership and the working conditions of journalists.

Full reaction:

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Over 4,500 articles analyzed, in 43 media outlets, over 66 days of monitoring.

Opposition voice: 3.57 times louder than government.
Critical sources: 4.67 times more dominant than pro-government ones.
Critical tone: 6.4 times stronger than positive coverage.
More than 15 opposition figures consistently present in the headlines.
Opposition mentions: 1,828 versus 925 for the Prime Minister and government combined.

Even individually, opposition leaders stand out above the Prime Minister, with one of them surpassing his mentions in the media.

And in the headlines themselves:
368 direct quotes from the opposition versus 108 from the government, a 3.4 times greater dominance.

The harshest accusations against the government and against me personally circulate freely in about 70 titles, while there is no evidence of any symmetrical level of attacks on anti-government media or even political opponents. Because there simply isn't any.

And according to the state regulator, AMA, the opposition held 60.12% of political television time during March, while the government itself occupied a much smaller share.

These are not perceptions.
They are measurable facts.

In a truly “captured media” environment, none of this would exist.
Not the dominance of opposition voices.
Not the overwhelming dominance of critical narratives.
Not the free circulation of extreme accusations.
And certainly not the majority of political television time in favor of the opposition.

Ne i marrim shumë seriozisht shqetësimet për pronësinë e mediave dhe kushtet e punës së gazetarëve. Këto janë çështje reale dhe duhen adresuar. Por të injorosh plotësisht realitetin empirik dhe ta paraqesësh Shqipërinë si një vend me media të kapura dhe gazetari nën sulm politik?

Në rastin më të mirë, kjo e bën analizën jo vetëm të paplotë, por edhe më të varfër. Dhe si pasojë, edhe vetë renditjen të njëanshme.

Kaq kisha.

P.S. Për një ditë tjetër mbetet të shpjegoj teorinë time se si mund të fitosh zgjedhje duke bërë pikërisht të kundërtën e kontrollit të medias: duke lejuar që i gjithë vreri politik anti-qeveritar të ngopë hapësirën publike dhe, përmes kësaj t’i tregojë qytetarit të zakonshëm sa pak kanë për të ofruar ata që qëndrojnë pas saj. /CNA

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