{"id":146192,"date":"2024-02-01T09:28:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/aips-africa-condemns-sports-journalists-conduct-at-2023-afcon\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T09:28:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:28:55","slug":"aips-africa-condemns-sports-journalists-conduct-at-2023-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/aips-africa-condemns-sports-journalists-conduct-at-2023-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"AIPS Africa condemns Sports Journalists conduct at 2023 AFCON \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The African branch of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has issued a statement condemning the acts of some sports journalists covering the 2023 AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 AFCON is at the quarter final stage with matches set to be played out this weekend and the tournament has been widely praised for the level of competition in games, quality of play and coaching and effective use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).<\/p>\n<p>However, the Association isn\u2019t happy over the conducts of some sports journalists covering the 34<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the continental championship.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of sports journalists dancing to their countries victories at the competition and videos of sports journalists verbally abusing players and coaches of national teams have surfaced on online platforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>A section of the statement read, \u201cBeing a journalist means behaving properly, and above all, exercising restraint. Certain behaviours are simply unworthy of a profession as noble as journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AIPS-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579785\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The AIPS also stressed that sports journalists cannot acts as supporters saying, \u201cEven if the journalist is not a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object), he cannot be considered a supporter. This is why AIPS Africa invites colleagues to be reasonable and to work in compliance with the rules of ethics and professional conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AFCON-trophy-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-573123\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Association went on to suggest further training for sports journalists covering sports events.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African branch of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has issued a statement condemning the acts of some sports journalists covering the 2023 AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire. The 2023 AFCON is at the quarter final stage with matches set to be played out this weekend and the tournament has been widely praised for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AIPS Africa condemns Sports Journalists conduct at 2023 AFCON \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/01\/aips-africa-condemns-sports-journalists-conduct-at-2023-afcon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AIPS Africa condemns Sports Journalists conduct at 2023 AFCON \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The African branch of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has issued a statement condemning the acts of some sports journalists covering the 2023 AFCON in Cote D\u2019Ivoire. 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