Multimedia Group: Our reporters don’t accept monetary rewards for their work
Multimedia Group Limited, owners of Joy FM and its sister stations, has issued a strong worded statement dissociating the company from recent allegations of bribery by government officials to some journalists, including a correspondent of the station. An audio tape recording making rounds in the media allegedly has the voice of Deputy Information Minister, Baba Jamal telling journalists to publish good stories that would boost the image of government. However Baba Jamal has consistently denied the allegations and threatened court action. Among the journalists who were alleged to have been approached with the offer is a correspondent of Joy FM in the Upper East region, Joseph Osei, who claimed in an interview on Top Story Thursday that he was given a letter with a National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP) letterhead with an account number on it by a reporter of the Enquirer newspaper named Samuel Barneh. According to him, the letter requested that he appended his signature to i...