GBC, Graphic gang up against Kufuor

The Statesman writes that barely three weeks into the NPP government, media watchers are convinced that the state-owned Daily Graphic and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) have ganged up to cause mischief against the President.

These state-owned media organisations, which have for years blatantly and faithfully championed the cause of the fallen P(NDC) government, have suddenly changed their tune1.

The paper indicates that the two media organisations have now made a 180 degree turn and are seen to be seriously pursuing an anti-Kufuor, anti-NPP agenda.

"Just read or listen to some of the comments, and articles said to be coming from political analysts and opinion leaders that they have been publishing," it states, adding that it is no wonder that such open hostility to a three-week old government should exist at Graphic and GBC.

The paper cites the Editor of Graphic as a close friend of Rawlings and adds that it was the ex-President and ex-PNDC Chairman himself who appointed the man Editor, over and above his betters and he has been singing his praises ever since.

It continues that all the sensitive editorial positions on this state- owned paper are manned by known and card-carrying NDC diehards, people who saw everything right, and nothing wrong, with the rape and looting of the nation.