"False news becomes a threat to journalism in Ghana" – Oppong Nkrumah

General News of Saturday, January 19th, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-01-19

The government is asking for urgent measures to control the circulation of false information in the country.

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah is worried about the proliferation of fake news on social media, the phenomenon also being recorded by the mainstream media.

He made these statements when the President of the GJA, Mr. Roland Affail Monney, and the national leaders of the GJA paid him a courtesy call in Accra.

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Mr. Oppong-Nkrumah therefore called for a commitment of stakeholders to find a way to control this threat before it becomes disproportionate.
"False news continues to be a major challenge for mainstream media. It has even reached the point where major media outlets publish some of the stories on fake media platforms. "

"This is now a debacle we have to start facing, especially at a time when people are starting to make fake videos. It is therefore important that stakeholders address the problem to identify and resolve it, as our mutual existence as media space professionals is threatened by the existence of false information, a- he noted.

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At the same time, GJA President Roland Affail Monney appealed to the government for funding to allow the GJA to celebrate its 70th anniversary.

"This is an event that will strengthen our image as a citadel of press freedom, but we can not bear the only financial implications. We are financially disabled, so we need government support. We must do this well to create pride in all of us. "

Africa Rising "threatened by the failures of journalism" – Ken Thompson

Dalex Finance President and CEO Ken Thompson recently called on the media to resume its primary responsibility for educating and promoting economic development instead of allowing what he calls "cries, false news, insults and lies badociated with political diatribe ". which now dominates the media space.

"Journalism has failed in the civic education of peoples such as Africa Rising," adding that the discourse in the media has become "excessively political and incomprehensible".

Africa Rising is a term coined to describe the rapid economic growth of sub-Saharan Africa since 2000 and the belief that it is inevitable to continue the rapid development of the continent.

According to the Financial Times, Africa Rising is a "narrative that improved governance means that the continent is almost predestined to enjoy a long period of medium to high economic growth, rising incomes and a clbad emerging average ".