 The "Associated Press" and Reporters Without Borders reported that Aleksandar Vučić, the candidate of the governing coalition, had ten times more airtime on national broadcasters than all other candidates combined and that mainstream media under Vučić's control have been demonizing most of the opposition presidential candidates, without giving them the opportunity to respond.This practice was different compared to the previous elections, when the two main candidates had approximately the same media coverage.Non-governmental organizations involved in election observation, "CRTA" and "Bureau for Social Research", emphasized that the presence of Aleksandar Vučić in newspaper and the electronic media during presidential campaign was disproportionate, adding that media have lost their critical role and that they have become a means of political propaganda.