In what appears to be a desperate attempt to stop them from telecasting some programmes on their networks, Managers of Television Stations accused of showing pornographic movies have hit back at the petitioners.
They have vowed to defy any directive from the National Media Commission (NMC) and Information Ministry that would be promulgated to stop them from showing some movies believed to contain pornographic material.
Two broadcasters, Messrs Tommy-Annan Forson and James Kwasi Oberko petitioned some state institutions to bar some TV channels from showing what they described as hardcore porn on their networks they claim is against the media commission’s standards.
“We have realized that these TV stations are showing things that are against the media commission’s standards and as concerned citizens, we thought it wise to make a complaint to the right authorities, to prompt them to take the necessary actions,” James stated.
But General Manager for Ice TV, one of the channels accused of the act Samuel Owusu Asare said his media company cannot desist from showing pornography films on their channels regardless the complaints made to the National Media Commission (NMC) and the Ministry of Information.
““If there is no law against it then what is the problem? If something isn’t good then fine but if there is no law restraining it then there is nothing I can say or do…”
“Some people are just been hypocrites. If you’re a good parent, how can you leave your kid to stay up late till 1 am? Then it means you as a parent have a problem. It is aired at a ghost hour for adults only. I don’t see anything wrong with it. They want it…” he explained.
“It’s a business. We satisfy our viewer’s choice. On some Christian TV’s they air fetish priests’ shows and they claim its business. Till we are told it’s against a law then we won’t stop unless our viewers tell us they don’t want it shown anymore…” he stressed on Neat FM on Tuesday.
Source: GhanaWeb
