
During the press conference, Press Council Chairman Aflatun Amashov said that 2,545 professional ethics violations were identified within a month. According to Amashov, although violations were symbolized by 50 codes, the violations have been mostly registered around 13 codes like using information from other sources without a citation, using other authors’ writings under their own names, and lack of balance and/or objectivity.
Amashov noted that the monitoring will go on until 1 February 2010 and it covers 57 press published periodically and three internet sites.