EU Ambassador Accuses Liberian Media Of “falsehood” Personal Attacks and Paid for Journalism against Foreign Minister KemayahMONROVIA – The European Union Delegation to Liberia has directly accused the Liberian media of “falsehood” and bribery to defame Minister of Foreign Affair, Dee Maxwell Saah Kemayah. Mr Delahousse described media reports on Foreign Minister Kemayah as “make money to publish and they don’t represent any form of truth”. The EU Head of delegation, however, failed to provide any evidence or state specific instances and or occasions on which Liberian journalists published “paid for stories” or spread “falsehoods” against Minister Kemayah, as he alleged. Before blowing his storm of ethical criticisms against the Liberian media, the ambassador earlier joked that a few weeks ago, he described young people aspiring to be journalists as “crazy”. Since his appointment as Liberia’s Foreign Minister, there have been series of negative media reports on Amb.

Source: Front Page Africa June 01, 2021 08:38 UTC