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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Now I’m beginning to question all Manasseh’s write-ups and documentaries. I strongly believe they would not 100% pass the forensic tests for truth. He’s so full of arr0gant sh1t!
R u for real and those or part of the propagandist group.. R u comfortable with the way our water bodies have been polluted have forgotten that it was the media which started this campaign..R u soo dumb that our tax payers money was used by individuals and CEOs of banks for their personal projects and you are blaming Government. is NDC COMPETENT enough to handle this Nation because descending minds are watching and reading and so how do u appeal to this people to vote for you when we read this comments..talking about borrowing 80 billion and nothing to show for..have you forgotten the monies the previous administration borrowed has to be paid, nursing and teachers training allowances.. Go and check how many teachers and Nurses have been employed.. go and check the secondary schools and the expansion works going on..Deal with the Issue at hand that is Joyfm erred in their reportage.. The story was embellished too much and overly sensationalized to paint Government black and that is what the NMC ruled on.. We want fair reportage..How can u go and borrow pictures from bbc and Nigeria to create such a story..JOYFM pls come again.. We luv you but u got this one wrong
VINDICTIVE,TYRANNY PRESIDENT 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
PEACEFM is being mischievous in the reportage-selectively choose portions of the ruling in a bid to run down the reputation of multimedia group. The remedy govt sought for at NMC was for multimedia to retract and apologize to govt. If indeed, the documentary was misleading, inaccurate and unethical, why didn't the NMC authorize multimedia to do same?
Oh, Manasseh! See your smoothness level? As for multimedia di3333 the least said about you the better. Sheee, sheeee, too known, p0mp0us, guy guy, abrofo s3m and underlying arr0ganc£. I remember Bernice Abu-Baidoo's enthusiasm and eagerness to announce to all Ghanaians the impending blockbuster that will not only erase the focus on the historic first 6th march independence celebrations outside Accra but selfishly project and promote a substandard and politically motivated agenda by multimedia with the unfortunate scapeg0at being the once credible Manasseh Awine Azure. This should be a lesson to all media houses, journalists and wannabe journos. Long live Ghana, Long live good journalism.
I think you need to update your knowledge on the current status of the Osu Castle. It use to be under the presidency but now under Museums And Monument Board. In all fairness, Manasseh got it wrong especially when you pick video footage from BBC and Nigeria to portray those videos were generated from the Castle, it amounts to deceiving the public. Again, where is the linkage between the activities of The Eye Group and what happened at Ayawaso? And surprisingly no one from JOYFM detected this anomaly before it was aired? They only wanted to cause fear and panic with this warped title "MILITIA IN THE HEART OF THE CITY".
Multi media is now seeing the true colors of npp. when multi media was bashing ndc during their rule, everything was ok and npp was in support of what joyfm was doing but under nana addo same thing is very wrong.
I thought as a woman u will make sense on the report rather than insult people by impugning the political party they belong.. Its very sad. Even before the report came out any reasonable will tell u that the work Manasseh did is in bad taste as a journalist with great repute.. I just hope they will just apologies and move on
Please just be reasonable and read the findings and see if they are making sense.. How can u go and bring a picture from BBC and portray it as something which is happening in Ghana.. If we not careful in this country the same media which is helping us will be the same people to plunge this country into chaos.. We want responsible,good and independent Journalist..Please lets read the report very well and stop insulting the intelligence of hard warn reputations..
Manasseh On this very one I think u got it wrong the first time I watch the programme and when I listen to Paul Adom Ochere on His programme, I just realised that Manasseh got it wrong and he should be man enough to apologize to the president and the NPP.. We still Luv Joyfm but they should do the right thing.. We love citifm , Peacefm and Joyfm..