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General News of Sunday, July 28, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-07-28
De-Eye Group was revealed to be operating illegally from Christiansborg Castle
The National Media Commission's ruling on government's petition against JoyNews 'Militia in the Heart of the Nation' documentary, has been described as a disservice to the Nation.
The ruling, according to the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), did not answer the NMC's question itself at the beginning of their hearing.
Sulemana Braimah who spoke on JoyNews' news badysis show, Newsfile on Saturday said, the NMC sought to find three things.
What is a vigilante [militia] group, when did the De-Eye Group [who were revealed in the documentary as a militia group, occupying the former seat of government at Osu] exit the Castle and they are exhibiting any form of violence in the documentary?
But according to Braimah, "the nature of the NMC's is back to the initial debates when the documentary premiered."
He said the ruling is no longer in force and is in the process of being brought to the attention of the De-Eye Group.
This conclusion, Braimah said, is a flawed noting that, what the NMC is saying is tantamount to saying that "until you see the military in combat you should not call them a military."
On the subject of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence videos in the documentary, the NMC said it was misleading; concluded the Multimedia Group disagrees with.
Braimah supported regular panelist on Newsfile, veteran journalist, Kweku Baako, to shoot down the NMC's conclusion as well.
According to the NMC, the by-election violence videos are unrelated to Joynews' documentary goal Kweku Baako and Sulemana Braimah noted that the videos were there to make a point in the production of the documentary and there was no breach of ethics in using them.
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