In the last four years, portal-mania has exploded in Albania: a new trend that seems to be closely related to the extension of mobile to a large number of users. How does it affects information?
Albanian language is mistreated by journalists. A problem that does not affects only the Albanian state, but also those neighboring countries where the Albanian language is widespread. Why?
In Albania there are hundreds of journalists that work without receiving any social security contributions from media owners. Shqiptarja.com reports about such a real judicial case
Instead of strengthening democracy, the rapid growth of websites in Albania has resulted in a decline of the quality of media sector, which hardly contributes to a solid and modern public opinion.
More and more often in Albania journalists who cover the topic of poverty approach poor families with gifts, food, clothes ... just to have a good reportage. Behind what may look as a sensitive journalism, attentive to the most vulnerable groups in society, there is exploitation, a bad journalism.
The editorial line of RTSH (the state television in Albania) during the spreading of Ponzi fraud financial schemes (called “pyramids”) in 1992-1997 was a shameful example of use of media by corrupted and incompetent politicians. After more than 25 years, the national TV channel “apologizes” throught a movie.
Another scandal has involved media’s world: the manipulation of TVaudience. The investigation conducted by Shqiptarja.com shows that the company Abacus has never made the minimum investment (in terms of technology and human resources) to make the monitoring of the public really possible: according to Shqiptarja.com Abacus would be an “empty box”, paid by advertising agencies and able to “manipulate” the television market ...
The history of local Albanian audiovisive media is full of attempts by criminals to own TV in order to clean dirty money and put pressure on political authorities. Meanwhile the professionalism goes from bad to worse…
More and more often the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is arrogant toward journalists during his press conferences. After his last insults the Union of Albanian Journalist announced an official boycott of Rama’s public speeches.
