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A Presidential staffer, Evron R. Hughes has conceded that even though he does not like everything controversial award-winning investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni writes, he admires his \u201cstubborn perseverance\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Hughes, who is an Economic Adviser in the Office of the Vice President, disclosed this.<\/p>\n

In the said post, while acknowledging that \u201ca free, strong and sometimes irreverent press is a bulwark against abuse of power, corruption\u2026\u201d he laments the Ghanaian media\u2019s shortcomings: \u2018\u2026 we must also remind ourselves that the media can so easily be corrupted, and abuse its \u201cmandate\u201d in even more sinister ways than government can.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further argues that there is the need to check the excesses of the media, averring that \u201cif you listen closely, the local media seems to think it is acting on behalf, and in the interest of the people\u2026And this is where, with profound sadness, I think the Ghanaian media has failed itself. And all of us. I say they have failed because they are not listening to the people, the very same people in whose interest they claim to act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Hughes buttressed his point on the need for some scrutiny on the media by citing Afrobarometer Surveys in which significant percentages of people have agreed that \u2018Government should have the right to prevent the media form publishing things it considers harmful to society\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a growing recognition that though the media can be a force good, it can equally be for evil too, and is therefore worth scrutinizing,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Presidential staffer, Evron R. Hughes has conceded that even though he does not like everything controversial award-winning investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni writes, he admires his \u201cstubborn perseverance\u201d. Mr Hughes, who is an Economic Adviser in the Office of the Vice President, disclosed this. 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