Can private media contribute to fighting political corruption in sub-Saharan Africa? Lessons from Ghana

How to Subvert Democracy: Montesinos in Peru

“…The total cost of bribing judges (at a guess, because we do not have complete data for judges) was US$250,000 per month. 16 The total cost of bribing the television channels was more than US$3 million per month. Television was the priciest of the checks by an order of magnitude.…”

“…The full contract in English translation is at ͗http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/mcmillan/personal_ page/articles.html͘. The original is in La Repu ´blica, February 24, 2001 16. The judges' total is arrived at as follows: Adding the monthly totals from the last column of Table3, we get about US$100,000.…”

The relationship between the media and corruption: perspectives of Ghanaian justice and anti-corruption officials

“…It is argued that free and independent media is vital in conducting investigations to uncover corruption, expose corrupt public officials and keep them on their toes. The media can provide a forum for Relationship between the media and corruption discussing corruption, educate citizens and increase public awareness about corruption and its costs, apply pressure on institutions and governments to respond to corruption cases and mobilise for anti-corruption reforms (Abdulai, 2009;Binhadab et al, 2021;Camaj, 2013;Srivastava, 2016;Asomah, 2018). The international community usually work with the media to monitor the nature and scope of corruption and the implementation of anti-corruption policies and reforms in countries (Johnston and Kpundeh, 2005;F€ ardigh et al, 2011).…”

“…The watchdog theory, which incorporates social responsibility and the concept of the fourth estate suggests that the media should perform watchdog functions over governments and public institutions to ensure democratic and social accountability (McQuail, 2010;Asomah, 2018). It argues that journalism should be a form of investigation that makes use of factchecking, interviews, and research to bring greater transparency and accountability to issues, including exposing corruption (Jarso, 2010;Srivastava, 2016;Asomah, 2018).…”

“…The watchdog theory, which incorporates social responsibility and the concept of the fourth estate suggests that the media should perform watchdog functions over governments and public institutions to ensure democratic and social accountability (McQuail, 2010;Asomah, 2018). It argues that journalism should be a form of investigation that makes use of factchecking, interviews, and research to bring greater transparency and accountability to issues, including exposing corruption (Jarso, 2010;Srivastava, 2016;Asomah, 2018). The social responsibility and watchdog theories regard the media as an important institution in the anticorruption agenda: an independent and free media is vital in conducting investigations to uncover and expose corruption and keep public officials on their toes.…”