The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation yesterday came under serious criticism from the European Union Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone for giving "preferential treatment" to the ruling All People's Congress (APC) as against other political parties.
Delivering the EU EOM preliminary statements on Saturday's elections at the Bintumani Hotel in Freetown, Chief Observer Richard Howitt stated that even though the SLBC gave access to political parties and candidates through free airtime programmes, they showed biased coverage in key areas like news bulletin and elections related programmes in favour of the APC.
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