Media Reportage On Supreme Court Was Deficient-NPP Communicator
Following the Supreme Court hearing of the Election petition of the NPP on Tuesday, some of the newspapers were headlined: “fireworks in court”, “hot exchanges…as hearing of NPP suit begins” and so on. Kwamena Duncan does not understand why many of the newspapers that reported on the case, concentrated on embellishing their news; focusing on the trivial matters, leaving the substantive issues that ensued. “Unfortunately monitoring the report that journalists have published, I will say that there are deficiencies. One would have thought that journalists who were allowed into the court premises would bring out the substantive issues that ensued as far as facts are concerned. Their reportage falls short of certain vital facts… They dwelt more on the tensions and the heated arguments. So you would wonder whether that was the only thing that ensued” he indicated speaking as a panelist on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’. He has urged journalists to abreast themselves with judicial processes as well as court reporting which will help them report properly especially on court issues. In a related story, former Member of Parliament for Adenta constituency, Kwadwo Adu Asare speaking on the same platform, has admonished the state owned Daily Graphic to sit up because to him, their standard is falling. Referring to page 16 of Wednesday edition of the Daily Graphic, he said: “To be honest with you, Graphic as a newspaper would have to sit up. I am so appalled by a number of typographical errors. This is not the graphic I knew. It is too much…this is totally uncharacteristic of them. These kinds of mistakes are unacceptable”.
A member of the Communication Team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwamena Duncan has described the reportage given by journalist concerning what ensued at the Supreme Court Hearing on Tuesday as ‘deficient’.
