One of the most remarkable upsides of the Fourth Republican Constitution is the unfettered room given to the media and its practitioners to carry out their activities and contribute to the growth of the country.
Due to its recognition as the fourth estate of the realm, the Ghanaian media has, for the past thirty-one years, enjoyed some unprecedented freedom, albeit with pockets of attacks and persecution over the last three decades.
The liberalism of the Ghanaian media has witnessed the growth of not just the media institutions but media personalities as well, leading to the emergence of arguably the most powerful non-unionized group of journalists.
The group, a phalanx of powerful media practitioners, was christened Coffee Shop Mafia (CSM), which is suggestive of their strategic role in the country's media landscape.
