First, all individual journalists desirous of covering the Executive Mansion first obtain police clearance as part of their accreditation process. "Some of us don't send our reporters to cover the Executive Mansion," said Sam Dean, publisher of the Independent newspaper. His statement was echoed by Othello Garblah, publisher of the New Dawn newspaper and president of the Publishers Association of Liberia (PAL). The Executive Mansion should not be in the business of advertising. It's even more hurtful to our businesses that the Executive Mansion is doing it for free, and this needs to stop."
