Government 2, WASSCE (SC), 2022

Question 5

 

Explain five reasons for the decline in the public trust of the media in your country.

Observation


This was another unpopular question and many of the candidates who answered it did not perform very well. They misinterpreted the question and gave wrong answers resulting in low marks. The candidates were expected to give the following points as their answers.

 

  1. Politicization of the media/Perceived partisanship of the media
  2. Marginalization of the opposition parties and members
  3. Unrepresentative of minority views/opinions
  4. Affiliation of the media with the ruling government
  5. Employment of media personalities by the government
  6. Inaccurate reportage of events and developments by the media
  7. Upsurge in the reportage of fake news
  8. High level of unprofessional conducts
  9. Perceived corruption of media practitioners/media houses
  10. Encouraging actions that are threats to national security
  11. Fuelling ethnic disharmony/tension
  12. Encouraging religious disaffection
  13. Escalation of tension/violence through bias reportage
  14. Writing of insightful reports and editorials
  15. Unbalanced reportage/lack of objectivity in reporting
  16. Promoting corrupt practices as against fighting corruption
  17. Publishing immoral materials that corrupt moral values
  18. Serving as platform for destructive criticismsÂ