The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said that it will immediately stop using any of Media General’s services.
Following persistent worries about purported bias and lack of professionalism in the media group’s political coverage, the decision was explained in a statement signed by Richard Ahiagbah, the party’s director of communications.
The letter claims that since 2023, the NPP has worked with Media General to address unfair treatment issues, such as imbalanced paneling, disruptive hosting, and frequent attacks on prominent party figures.
The party asserts that these worries have remained in spite of promises of reform.
As an example, the NPP cited an incident on a program hosted by Keminni Amanor, where a guest made inflammatory remarks about former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The party accused the host of condoning the comments by failing to intervene. Additionally, the statement criticized political shows like Key Points and Newday for regularly assembling panels skewed in favour of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), leaving NPP representatives outnumbered.
“Despite repeated assurances since 2023, the observed unprofessionalism and unfairness persist,” the statement read. The NPP added that their efforts to push for balanced and objective coverage have “fallen on pretentious deaf ears.”
The party assured its members and the public that this withdrawal would not affect its commitment to holding the government accountable. It further instructed all members of the NPP to comply with the directive until further notice.
