KIEV, Oct. 23 – The results of the monitoring of news content on the leading Ukrainian TV channels regarding the balance of information on the election process by monitoring organizations show a positive trend, but at key moments the channels are manipulating information.

"Big channels take into account research data, and there are really positive trends, both by the standards of news and by the representation of political parties... But we cannot say that these trends are unequivocally positive. The movement to positive trends, that is to the presentation of different points of view on the news, to the balanced coverage of various political parties, that is to make it at least roughly consistent with the people's sympathy, is very slow," Academy of Ukrainian Press President Valeriy Ivanov said on Tuesday.