{"id":778706,"date":"2020-01-08T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/08\/mahama-worried-about-wave-of-fake-news-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2020-01-08T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:06:09","slug":"mahama-worried-about-wave-of-fake-news-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/08\/mahama-worried-about-wave-of-fake-news-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama worried about wave of fake news in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday,  8 January 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2020-01-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/61806637.295.jpg\" alt=\"Former President John Dramani Mahama\" title=\"Former President John Dramani Mahama\" width=\"295\" height=\"191\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Former President John Dramani Mahama<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"> Former President John Dramani Mahama has bemoaned the growing phenomenon of fake news which he believes could threaten the integrity of the county&#8217;s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Interaction with the leadership of the Church of Pentecost on Wednesday, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer cited instances where his social media handles were altered to churn out misleading information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always assumed that the media of communication are enough channels for providing the public with information as to national policies and governance. But in many cases it does not happen like that, we have a new media called social media in which you can find a lot of fake news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so there is a lot of information out there but there is also a lot of misinformation out there,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama visits Pentecost Leaders<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mahama also attributed the frequent \u201csquabbles\u201d between political parties to the practice of multi-party democracy and the need to keep government on guard in the implementation of policies.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, political parties often have different ideologies and different perspectives on how policies must be executed for the development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely, in all that noise, we need to understand what is going on, the people need to understand what is going on so that they can make an assessment as to whether the policies that are being implemented are right or they are not right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo while you are hearing government policies, you are also hearing the perspective of the minority in terms of what we think is not going well,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama visits Pentecost LeadersJohn Mahama visits Pentecost LeaderJohn Mahama visits Pentecost Leader<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 8 January 2020 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2020-01-08 Former President John Dramani Mahama Former President John Dramani Mahama has bemoaned the growing phenomenon of fake news which he believes could threaten the integrity of the county&#8217;s democracy. 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