Media personality Bridget Otoo has opened up about some of the unfavourable circumstances she faced while working as a multimedia journalist at Media General (TV3).
In a one-on-one interview on the KSM show, Bridget Otoo noted that she got attacked over her criticism of an IEA debate ahead of the 2016 elections. Bridget did not find the debate unnecessary, as she believed it would not change much regarding the country’s governance.
According to her, current Electoral Commission boss, Jean Mensa, who was then with the IEA wrote to the TV3 management over her alleged intimidation of presenters and guests while on air.
“It was such a terrible thing they wrote. That doctor wrote to General Manager of TV3 then. The CEO at the time called me and said be nice to these NPP people. I got the impression that they were all pro-NPP. It is fine, we all have our biases.”
However, Bridget Otoo decided to stand her ground and according to her, this cost her the opportunity to be on air any longer.
“They took me off air. They just halt your career. They are telling you we decide how far you are going to go,” she said.
She noted that while at the media house, a current Minister requested that she join the New Patriotic Party’s communication team to help push the party’s narratives and agenda.
She noted that she denied the request. “I was just not interested. It was a no,” she said.
According to Bridget Otoo, she now values her presence on social media more than being on television as she gets the opportunity to freely share her thoughts on issues that borders on the wellbeing of citizens.
In 2016, it was reported that management of Tv3 suspended Bridget Otoo, one of the female hosts of its morning show on the back that she was unprofessional and undisciplined.