NMC decision on disturbing militia documentary, commission status is not appropriate – Azure

General News of Thursday, July 25, 2019

Source: rainbowradioonline.com

2019-07-25

The investigative journalist, Manbadeh Azure, expressed his disappointment at the decision of the National Media Commission (NJC) following a lawsuit against Multimedia over the controversial documentary of the militia.

The National Media Commission (NMC) said the multimedia group's documentary "Militia at the Heart of the Nation" was misleading.

The decision further stated that the documentary was unethical to the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA).

Parts of the report read as follows: "In the end, the Commission discovered that the attempt to reveal the fact that the group operated from the castle was in the public interest. However, in the attempt, the investigation did not comply with the ethical standards set by the Ghana Journalists Association Code of Ethics, in particular Guideline 23, according to which "a journalist shall ensure that photographs and multimedia content adequately reflect an event and do not do so. highlight an incident out of context & # 39; & # 39; & # 39;

The CNG then said in its report that the producers' attempt to link the documentary to the violence that occurred during the partial election of Ayawaso West Wuogon was "misleading and false."

"The commission believes that the commentary of the documentary and the badociation with the violence of Ayawaso West Wuogon are misleading and constitute false statements."

Regarding the decision, the NJC resorted to the castle grounds for training. "The Commission is of the opinion that the presence in the caste of the group D-Eye is problematic and unacceptable, but that the group has a violent behavior must be qualified as a militia or self-defense group. after the documentary, while the Ghanaian people have come to identify these groups. "

But, reacting to the decision, the reporter said he was disappointed because the CNM had not addressed all the issues raised in the documentary.

He said the NMC report was troubling and did not correspond to the status of the commission.

In an answer, the reporter said: "The NSC decision, however, contained troubling comments in the form of conclusions and deliberate silence on issues relating to the substance of the documentary, which the Multimedia group has provided enough evidence to support. its cause.

The report signed by the president of the CNG, Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, whose multimedia group opposed the inclusion in the disciplinary committee of the CNS, but was dismissed, and neglected the material evidence (audiovisual and documentary) presented by the multimedia group and made unjustified comments to the support. with no documentary fact. "

At the same time, the government welcomed the decision, saying that it had justified its position after the release of the documentary.

Information Minister Kojo Nkrumah said the government would continue to work in the mainstream media landscape and do its work to answer questions and provide timely information.