Question

how does political interference affect the impartial functioning of media​

Answer 1

Media organisations are generally assumed to play an important role in democracies, but how effective are they in performing this function within specific states? Lisa Müller outlines results from an analysis of 47 countries, based on a framework which rates two separate aspects of media performance: the extent to which they perform a ‘watchdog’ role by providing information, and the degree to which they act as a representative forum for the views of citizens. She finds that no country in the analysis scores very highly on both of these dimensions, but that the variations between states match differences in the quality of their democracy.

Answer 2

Political interference affect the impartial functioning of the media in the following way -

• Political parties are one of the most powerful entities is the democratic political system of our country.

• And media sources are the major social influencers.

• That's why political parties often pressurize the media sources to produce biased news which is beneficial for that political party.

• Media sources are also dependent on these political entities to some extent and the media outcome becomes biased.

In this way the media impartiality is ruining for the political interference.