Chairman of the National Media Commission(NMC) and an Associate Professor at the Christian Service University College, Yaw Boadu Ayeboafo, has urged journalists not to publish everything political figures say.
Speaking at a media engagement in the Ashanti Region, the media luminary called for circumspection when journalists are carrying their duties as politicians can sometimes be cunning with their words misleading many in society. "As journalists don't publish everything the politicians say.
Some of the things they say are mischievous and untrue, verify and verify again before", he advised "You are there to serve the interests of the people, not the politicians.
We must safeguard the peace we are all enjoying, and we must not sacrifice the country for the interest of others", he urged The media engagement was for journalists in in the the Ashanti Region to express their views in sanitizing the media space ahead of elections 2024.