Speaking to Radio Gold on Monday, the PNC flagbearer urged presenters and producers in radio and television stations to desist from the culture where politicians take advantage of their platform to hurl insults on their counterparts.
According to him, such culture does not send a good signal to youngsters in the country as they tend to imitate what the leaders do or say on the various media networks.
He advised media practitioners to “be very conscious the kind of people [who] allow them to sit on the platform and the kind of insults they create against remarkable men of the country and Statesmen. We should agree to disagree. Politics does not mean that one should sit on a platform to score political points by insulting opponents. We can agree to disagree. Freedom of speech is not freedom to insult.”
He also cautioned journalists to ensure that politicians and the general public speak with decency on the airwaves.
“It is our duty as people of this country to make sure that our political airwaves are decent. To make sure that young people coming up and the radio stations do not allow people to sit on the radio stations to insult. And I am even calling on the National Media Commission to punish and banish radio presenters and television stations that allow people to speak on their platform and insult,” he stated.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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