The National Media Commission has given its ruling on the case between the Government of Ghana and the Multimedia Group
In the end the commission found out that the documentary was a misleading piece and amounted to a misrepresentation of facts.
After months of hearings, the Commission declared in its holdings that:
‘The investigation had not been consistent in following the ethical standards defined by the Ghana Journalists Association code of ethics, particularly guidelines 23 which states that a journalist ensures that photographs and multimedia content adequately reflect an event and do not highlight an incidence out of context.
This resulted from the fact that whereas the respondent used a photo from a BBC report on an attack on the Nigerian senate to promote the documentary online, they failed to relate it appropriately.
Again the inclusion of shots from the Ayawaso west wuogon violence and attack on the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator were at variance with the activities of the D-Eye Group as captured as the castle.
The commission concluded that there was no predisposition to violence in the documentary. Therefore, the association of the D-Eye Group with the Ayawaso West Wuogon Violence and the BBC story from Nigeria were sensational.
The holding further stated that:
The commentary on the documentary and the association with the Ayawaso West Violence was misleading and a misrepresentation and asked the Multimedia group to publish the full ruling of the commission since it had earlier published the rejoinder from the government.
Find the Full Pdf ruling attached:
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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I am really shock that uptill now Joyfm has not reported the findings on their page. Nobody is against the media in this country but we want responsible Journalism.. Paul Adom Ochere said it all on His Goodevening Programme.. Joyfm is loosing it gradually..When u listen to them on their morning shows and their line of questioning then u ask yourself is that the same JOYFM..Kwaku Sakyi Addo, Komla Dumor, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah have raised the bar too much.. We need our Joyfm back please Kwesi..
Today, Multi Media is NDC cabal? Tell me will the "Chicken ever win a case when the jury is packed with foxes"? Secondly, can you point to your father's house with the left hand? Thirdly, Can you stand in the midst of an army of ants, take off ants from your leg? Lastly, have you ever witnessed, a police man arrest a colleague police before? Why? For fear of being exposed since the "arrester" is also neck deep in the same practice as the "arrestee"!! Why won't NMC rule against Multi Media? Why are we not surprised of the out-come, Should we? To everything, there is a beginning and definately an end..... It was too good the NDC/Mahama lost the elections, so the difference, the lies and moreover, for Ghanaians to know who, ie. between the NDC/Mahama vrs NPP/Akuffo-Bawumia is INCOMPETENT. As for the CLEARING AGENT/AGENCY of the year, Akuffo Addo and NPP the award goes to you. The most annoying part is when they rather turn round to rather accuse others by trying to by all means, make right what is wrong and is seen by all Ghanaians as wrong.....Bomboclats
Attention seeker, Manaseh! Bow your head in shame! Some journalist (like Capt Smart) did and collected HUGE money form NDC, but you can't do same to NPP! SHAME ON YOU!
Kwesi twum should sit down and allow these ndc cabal in his media empire to be used by these evil nation wreckers for their propaganda, multimedia is fast loosing it credibility if they care to know. Anything ndc whether overt or covert interferes with leads to disaster because they are incompetent even in opposition. Achina Brentuo is behind all these evil media war being spearheaded by multimedia, 'the battle still remains the Lord's'
It is time for Multi-Media to accept the fact that their Journalist erred, After all he is Human.
NMC, YOUR POSITION / ETHICAL VIEWS ON THE USE OF SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FOR TRAINING VIGILANTE GROUP. YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO THE DIRTY WORK OF AKUFFO ADDO. GHANAIANS ARE NOT DUUUMPIES? 2020 GHANAIANS WILL SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR NDOUM,DUFFOUR, BANKING SECTOR, MINING SECTOR(SMALL SCALE MINING), MICRO FINANCES , BUSINESSES WERE FLOURISHING UNDER PREZ RAWLINGS,KUFOUR, MILLS AND JOHN MAHAMA. ONLY UNDER NANA ADDO, NDOUMS BUSINESSES, DUFFOUR BANK OF OVER 15 YRS IN OPERATION. THIS VINDICTIVE PRESIDENT. COLLAPSING KOMENDA SUGAR FACTORY, EXPANDING NO OF MINISTERS . LARGEST IN THE HISTORY OF GHANA. IN TWO YEARS, GHANA BORROWED OVER 80 BILLION AND THERE IS NOTHING TO SHOW FOR. ALL WENT INTO PAYING SALARY OF BLOATED MINISTERS. CORRUPTION IS NOW SOCIAL INTERVENTION POLICIES OF AKUFFO ADDO. I WILL LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT TO WRITE A BOOK LIKE MAHAMA DID. ENTITLED ''CLEARING '' OF CORRUPT OFFICIAL UNDER MY REGIME. LATEST BOOK IN TOWN ''CLEARING'' CORRUPT OFFICIALS UNDER MY REGIME
NPP WILL LOOSE COME 2020. MAHAMA IS COMING BACK
Kwaku Sakyi-addo is an NPP man. am not surprise
NMC members are all known NPP members. what else do you expect???
Multimedia has lost it. Newsfile bring back Kwaku Sakyi-addo to bring in professionalism Samson is ***barred word***.