(DAILYGRAPHIC) A study on print media reportage of the 2012 election petition shows that there is 72 per cent trust and confidence in the Supreme Court to handle the case fairly.
The study, conducted by the Center for Media Analysis (CMA), an independent media research organisation, also found that the media largely avoided the use of sensational headlines.
The study, conducted between April 16, 2013 and June 27 2013, analysed the content of 1,608 stories from 11,577 newspaper editions in Ghana.
Sponsored by the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), with support from the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and other media partners, the study also found that while only 19 per cent of the respondents attempted to sensitise Ghanaians to the case, 37 per cent of the stories researched were partisan.
Presenting the report of the study at a media and democracy forum in Accra on Tuesday, Dr Messan Mawugbe, Managing Consultant of CMA, said while there was nothing wrong with media aligning themselves to political parties, it was wrong for facts to be twisted to favour a particular political party.