{"id":273187,"date":"2011-01-08T16:44:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T16:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45616"},"modified":"2011-01-08T16:44:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T16:44:41","slug":"journalists-only-went-to-castle-to-eat-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/08\/journalists-only-went-to-castle-to-eat-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Journalists Only Went To Castle To Eat Lunch&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-39939\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/12\/08\/ndc-condemns-%e2%80%9cecomini%e2%80%9d-t-shirts-by-npp-youth\/ndc_npp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39939\" title=\"ndc_npp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ndc_npp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a>In what can be described as  disrespect to Journalists who attended the Editor\u2019s forum on Friday with  President Mills, the General Secretary of the Peoples National  Convention, Bernard Mornah has told Citi FM that in his estimation those  present were only there to enjoy launch rather than ask necessary and  intelligent questions concerning the wellbeing of Ghanaians.<br \/>\nBernard  Mornah expressed his disappointment at the Journalists adding that they  did not live up to the task because they were dumbfounded and dazed by  the presence and responses of the President.<br \/>\n\u201cYou (journalists)  have done us a disservice, indeed you wasted our state lunch, you went  there because you were interested in eating lunch. Am very serious  because there were many questions and you people (Journalists) were just  sitting down, you were itchy that lunch should come so that you go and  eat&#8230;you failed the nation\u201d.<br \/>\nPresident John Atta Mills on  Friday, January 7 interacted with journalists from various media houses  where various questions ranging from his position on the Ivorian crisis,  his recent Ministerial reshuffle; fuel hikes and his personal health  were asked.<br \/>\nHowever, giving his thoughts on the performance of  the President at the Editor\u2019s Forum, on Citi FM\u2019s Saturday Political  talk show, the \u2018Big Issue\u2019, Bernard Mornah said President Mills did  absolutely well in his answers but the journalists were the ones who  failed.<br \/>\nHe said his greatest disappointment was the failure of  the journalists whom he said missed a glorious opportunity to find out  from the President his opinions about some relevant national issues.<br \/>\nBernard Mornah charged Journalists to exhibit boldness and sharpness of thought the next time they have such an opportunity.<br \/>\nAccording  to him all the journalists are interested in doing is to sit in the  comfort of their studios and generate unneccassry controversies on  sometimes ill informed facts.<br \/>\n\u201cI am blaming the journalists for  not raising themselves to the occasion. The President did his best but  what about you the Journalists who allowed yourselves to be dazed by  what the President said\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cYou come and sit in the studio and now  that the President is not there, you then hear them making all manner  of comments. What kind of journalists do we have&#8230;please wake up to the  challenge so that we know that we have journalists that can be bold  enough\u201d.<br \/>\nBernard Mornah failed to retract his comments after Abu  Jinapor, a member of the opposition NPP and an aide to Nana Addo called  on him to retract since in his opinion it\u2019s an unfair description of  Fridays happenings at the castle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what can be described as disrespect to Journalists who attended the Editor\u2019s forum on Friday with President Mills, the General Secretary of the Peoples National Convention, Bernard Mornah has told Citi FM that in his estimation those present were only there to enjoy launch rather than ask necessary and intelligent questions concerning the wellbeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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