When the Voice That Should Inform Begins to Destroy: A Call to Media Accountability. Imagine a match being struck in a room full of gasoline. Now imagine that match being lit not by the uninformed, but by those trusted to provide light and clarity. That’s the destructive power of unchecked media, a power history has shown us all too clearly. As you may recall, the Rwandan Genocide remains a grim evidence to what happens when the media becomes a weapon, inciting violence and fueling chaos. And today, in Ghana, we are witnessing echoes of that same danger as reckless statements and irresponsible journalism threaten to unravel our social fabric. Captain Smart, one of the loudest voices at Media General, is the match in the room. His recent attempt to dissociate himself from the tragic Obuasi Galamsey fracas, where lives have been lost in the struggle over the Cote d'Or pit, is as disturbing as it is disingenuous. His ego-driven response in a video circulating online, dripping with de...
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