Report: NDC still leads in the use of indecent language

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has maintained its lead in the use of indecent expressions in the latest media monitoring report by the Media Foundation for West Africa.

Out of a total of 13 indecent expressions recorded by the foundation, NDC made 9 and the NPP made 4 of them.

A total of 51reports were received on the programmes monitored on all the 31 radio stations selected for the monitoring project. Indecent expressions were, however, recorded on eight of the programmes monitored.

This is a compilation of the findings from monitoring the use of indecent political expressions for the period, June 3 – 9, 2012.

The monitoring of language-use on radio is a project by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) with funding from STAR-Ghana. The main aim of the project is to promote decent language campaigning for the 2012 elections.

In all, 13 indecent expressions were recorded on the eight programmes that registered indecent expressions. Below is the breakdown of the categories of indecent expressions that were captured:

•Insulting and offensive comments: 7
•Unsubstantiated Allegations: 4
•Gender-specific Insult: 1
•Provocative Remark: 1

All the indecent expressions were made by eight people: four were officials/supporters of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), the other four were officials/supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Of the 13 indecent expressions recorded, four were made by the four NPP members with the remaining nine being made by the four supporters/affiliates of the NDC. Specifically, however, two of the four NDC members who identified with FONKAR (a faction in the NDC that supports the former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings), made seven of the nine indecent expressions attributed to the NDC.