CJ condemns abusive language in media

26/12/10

Story: Musah Yahaya Jafaru
THE Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Theodora Wood, has condemned the use of insulting, abusive and foul language in the media.
That trend, she said, would not augur well for the unity and development of the country.
Mrs Wood was speaking yesterday at the mounting of the ‘Four-Way Test’ billboard at the Supreme Court by the Rotary Club of Accra-Airport.
The club had mounted a similar billboard at the Supreme Court five years ago, but it had faded. That necessitated the mounting of a new one.
The Four-Way Test consists of four questions: “Is it the truth?; Is it fair to all concerned?; Will it build goodwill and better friendships?; and Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Mrs Wood said if Ghanaians adhered to the demands of the Four-Way Test, they would refrain from the use of foul and insulting words in the media.
She, therefore, charged the Rotary Club of Accra-Airport to mount the Four-Way Test billboards at all the courts.
The District Governor of Rotary District 9100, Mr Marwan Fattal, said Rotary would mount Four-Way Test billboards throughout the country.
He said when Rotarians mounted the Four-Way Test billboards at the courts, it was not to suggest that they were “holier than anybody else or that the courts were the culprits”.
“But the court is a place where what is the truth, fair, good and beneficial are debated every day. The question asked in the Four-Way Test may seem simple, but they provide deep principles for your professional lives,” he said.