Commenting on the substance of a court case in a prejudicial manner could incur the court’s wrath.
As journalists, we are always reminded that commenting or writing on a court case as if to deliver a judgment could constitute contempt of court.
However, in their race to win the war of narratives, some radio journalists have now made a profession out of trying to influence the trajectory of justice dispensation albeit in their narrow-mindedness and political inclination.
Look at this Ebrima Bah of King FM Felarangoo breakfast show!
Listeners of the programme could bear us witness that Bah was on Monday a witness, prosecutor, judge and executioner in the ongoing trial of BAC chairman Yankuba Darboe.
Aside from pontificating about Darboe’s “temper management issues”, Bah also painted a picture of the BAC chair as indisciplined, recalcitrant, and a troubleshooter.
He referenced the Three Years John’s protest and Darboe’s alleged encounter with law enforcement that landed him in court.
This is not only unprofessional and contemptuous to the BAC chair but it’s irresponsible, contemptuous to the court, and prejudicial.
This is all the more reason we would like to call on PURA to regulate some of these FM stations. Regulating media houses should not suffer from any political bias.