The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has urged extreme caution of media coverage of the simmering conflict between His Royal Majesty Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and Dormaahene , Osagyefo Agyeman Badu II.
The Association warned the hyper-sensitive issue involving the two prominent chiefs can degenerate into a conflict of unthinkable proportions, if it is not handled with the highest degree of circumspection, especially by the media.
“The sensational tilt and explosive angles that have characteristized the coverage of the verbal exchanges should, therefore, give way to conflict sensitive reporting that will allow tempers to cool down and the issue to be contained or resolved in the long run,” the GJA cautioned in a statement signed Mr. Affail Monney, the President.
It advised Traditional media editors and social media activists to filter pronouncements from the two chiefs through a very tight weave of journalistic responsibility and gatekeeping.
“In other words, they should think through the consequences or weigh fully the implications of anything they put out on the matter.”
“This is to ensure that the public is fed with ethically wholesome and culturally edifying information which will not escalate the tension nor compromise the peace and security in the two traditional areas, and by extension the entire nation,” the statement said.
The GJA urged the media to be part of the solution and not part of a chieftancy clash of staggering magnitude.
Source: MyPublisher24.com