Recommendation recommendation 6 (Media) Lebanon 2009
http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/pdfs/peace/democracy/lebanon-final-060809.pdf
In the time leading up to the election in Lebanon media services in the country had become extremely politicized. Most of the observed messages divisions were based on religious and ethnic differences. The SCEC (Lebanese media monitoring agency) is responsible for regulating the electoral propaganda. The observers recommend that the SCEC is given greater control to regulate private media sources to adhere to regulations such as the media blackout that is administer 24 hour prior to the opening of the polls.
