Recommendation 30 (Media) Guatemala 2007
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/GT/guatemala-final-report-general-elections-eu-2007/at_download/file
It would also be recommendable that the media make an effort to correct some practices that are contrary to international standards regarding neutral media coverage of electoral matters. On the one hand, the broadcasting of “infomercials,” spaces for party propaganda presented under the guise of a legitimate news item, could be prevented. On the other hand, the Guatemalan media should cease to broadcast unduly aggressive electoral propaganda, or propaganda based on defamatory statements paid for by political parties or social organisations with clear political undertones.
