Bridget Otoo has provided a comprehensive account of the events that led to her departure from TV3, where she gained valuable experience as a journalist.
During an interview with Kwaku Sintim Misa on the KSM show, Bridget revealed that the management of the popular TV station requested her to reduce her criticisms towards the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.
Moreover, Bridget mentioned that when she minimized the significance of the scenes from the IEA debate, the organizers of the debate filed a complaint with the board of directors at TV3, expressing their concerns about her critical remarks. They insinuated that she had an undue influence over her colleagues.
She mentioned that the criticism she received after her IEA debate remarks led the former CEO of TV3 to step in and request her to treat the “nice to these NPP people” with kindness.
“Unfortunately, while I was working, even at TV3, for instance, I think my opinion on the IEA debate, and I said it was not useful, I didn’t think that it made any impact on our elections.
“I remember there was then the person was not a professor, it was a doctor then, the current Jean Mensa who was with IEA, you know, her people wrote this stinker to the board of TV3 at the time that I seemed to have a certain influence over the presenters that I work with. You know, I said no,” she stated.
Bridget said she failed to heed the directive, which she justified by saying; “If I’m presented with someone and they cannot hold their argument or hold them to account, it’s not because I am putting a gun to anybody’s head. If you think my arguments are so solid that they convince you, then I am just doing a good job at articulating why I think it is not prudent.”
She stated that the conversation with her boss didn’t go well and that was when “they took me off air”.
Reflecting on the experience, Bridget Otoo noted a recurring pattern at the station, stating that, “I think they’ve tried that now even with Johnny Hughes and a few others. When they think you are going a certain way and they don’t like it, they take you off air. They literally halt your career.”
She mentioned that her departure from TV3 allowed her to better understand the power of social media, as it granted her the ability to shape her own story.
She emphasized that her followers are drawn to her for her opinions and ideas, rather than simply her television appearances. As a result, she continues to prioritize her online presence over traditional TV platforms.
“Those experiences made me love social media more because then I had control over my own narrative. People follow me because of my views and thoughts, not because I sat on television. That’s why even to this day I value my presence on social media more than being on television.”
“After we had launched our election campaign, they had done billboards and everything. TV3 went to the extent of removing my face from all the billboards just to prove a point that they didn’t align with my views,” she narrated.
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