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The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako Jnr. has challenged Dr. Mensa Otabils\u2019 description of the Ghanaian media as a war zone.<\/p>\n

He believes it is flawed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it true that Ghana has stopped thinking or all Ghanaians have stopped thinking? Is it true that if you look out there in the public domain, in terms of the media – both print and electronic – and you look at the institutions of state – parliament, the executive, the judiciary and civil society, if you like – is it true that it is all that bad? That none of these groups is talking about the positives of our development?\u201d a surprised Baako quizzed.<\/p>\n

Mr Baako made these comments on Joy FM\u2019s Newsfile also televised live on Multi TV Saturday, in reaction to comments made by the General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr. Otabil who has bemoaned the rate at which the media was focusing on projecting intemperate language and other peripheral issues to the detriment of national development.<\/p>\n

Dr. Otabil on Friday, among other things, said: “Today our media landscape has the appearance of a war zone. In the media, anonymous snipers callously shoot down their human targets. Character assassins take on contracts to eliminate opponents with innuendos, rumours, and outright lies.”<\/p>\n

But Mr. Baako said “I prefer ugly noises to a situation of culture of silence.”<\/p>\n

He believes a content analysis of the Ghanaian media will prove that the media in its entirety is positive for the nation, that peurging critics to look beyond the front pages of the newspapers before coming to such conclusions.<\/p>\n

Explaining what might be the reason behind the sensational stories dominating the media landscape, Mr. Baako said most media houses will want to beat the competition in order to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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