In 2019, political partisanship, manipulation and misinformation in politically affiliated media were felt like never before. According to ISPM103, influential parties have managed to corrupt journalists and much of the media, subordinate certain media institutions and use them against political opponents in various ways - pressure, verbal attacks, threats, aggression, obstruction in the exercise of the profession; easy access to information of public interest or public events, for politically affiliated media; attractive financial offers for journalists who have agreed to play the role of political actors, etc. At the same time, in a Monitoring Report, carried out in 2019 by the Center for Independent Journalism on how the media institutions reflected the political crisis in June last year, there is a biased and unbalanced reflection of events with deviations from ethical standards.104 The mixture of facts and opinions, the lack of the right to reply, the manipulation through the biased use of video images and titles, truncation of facts, opinions and statements are just some of the techniques used by major media institutions to reflect recent political developments, says the media expert Victor Gotisan. These and other irregularities and signals regarding the broadcasting of topics of a manipulative and misinformation nature do not always come under the scrutiny of the Audiovisual Council (AC), empowered to ascertain whether there are derogations from the legislation and to apply the necessary sanctions. This institution is still criticized by media experts for its passivity and lack of attitude in obvious cases of politicization of some radio and television institutions. In the Resolution of the Media Forum of 4-5 November 2019105, there was criticized the way in which the Audiovisual Council redistributes frequencies and licenses in audiovisual, which leads to maintaining the political influence on audiovisual media content, stimulates the concentration of ownership and dominant positions in forming public opinion. The influence of the political factor affects media pluralism. Even if there are different types of media in the Republic of Moldova, this does not mean a diversity of opinions, attitudes and content regarding the realities in the country. The reason is that the media space continues to be monopolized, and the media - a manipulation tool for spheres of influence. 103 http://media-azi.md/ro/publicatii/indicele-privind-situa%C8%9Bia-presei-din-republica-moldova-%C3%AEn-anul2019 104 https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/majoritatea-mass-media-monitorizate-au-prezentat-ultima-criz%C4%83%C4%83politic%C4%83-%C3%AEn-func%C5%A3ie-de-preferin%C5%A3ele-politice/30058780.html 105 https://www.ipn.md/ro/rezolutia-forumului-mass-media-din-republica-moldova-20197542_1069400.html#ixzz6F4W224RD 59