Claim: National Democratic Congress (NDC) outdoors 6 TV partners

Source: Viral visual card

Verdict: FAKE

Has the National Democratic Congress(NDC) announced its official TV partners ahead of the December elections?

A visual card showing the logos of six Ghanaian Television Stations is being portrayed online as the official outdooring of the TV partners for the opposition NDC 2024 campaign.

The flyer shared by multiple X accounts with different captions sought to impugn the integrity and independence of the named media houses (here, here and here).

When you see foolish contents from these media houses about the NPP, don't be surprised. This has been the agenda all along pic.twitter.com/0fr67cKI1W

— Albert Forson (@kwameforson14) June 19, 2024

Background

The National Democratic Congress on June 18, 2024, announced its national campaign team to help prosecute the 2024 general elections. The announcement comprised a 19-member National Campaign Team and a 14-member Campaign Steering Committee.

Fact-Check

GhanaFact ran a check on the X and Facebook accounts of the NDC and John Dramani Mahama – the NDC presidential candidate – but found no such artwork on any of their social media platforms. Further online checks on the social media handles of the six TV stations showed no such artwork was shared either.

However, GHOne TV, one of the media organisations has debunked the claim. “Our editorial policy is unequivocal: we are dedicated to providing factual, accurate, and balanced reporting, ensuring fairness and impartiality at all times,” the station posted on X.

Our editorial policy is unequivocal: we are dedicated to providing factual, accurate, and balanced reporting, ensuring fairness and impartiality at all times.#GHOneTV #GHOneNews pic.twitter.com/S3Y9Plq2YU

— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) June 20, 2024

The Director of Legal Affairs for the NDC, Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, in a Facebook post has labelled the viral visual card as “Fake”(here).



Verdict

A flyer claiming six TV stations have been announced as TV partners for the opposition NDC 2024 campaign is FAKE.