A member of the Coalition on the Right to Information, Mr Akoto Ampaw is disgusted at the opinionated journalism being practiced in the country. He said it was regrettable that facts which were sacred and central to any meaningful journalism were virtually non-existent in journalistic practice in Ghana. He was speaking at a forum of the coalition, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and the Editors Forum to discuss the Right to Information Bill currently before Cabinet. Mr Ampaw said while he was not against journalists taking political stance on national issues, the media were never ever able to put in the public domain the real facts relating to any issue. “If you ask me what the deficit is, I don’t know. How much is the TOR debt, I have no idea,” he stated. The legal practitioner said it behoved journalists to state facts “and if you want to debate the facts based on your opinions and political leaning, you can do that but please let us know what the facts are. That is absolutely necessary.” Mr Ampaw also expressed regret at journalists 'penchant to use their media houses “to settle personal scores in a vindictive, unprincipled manner.” He said it was imperative for journalists to resist the temptation to abuse and betray the public trust. Touching on some provisions of the draft Right to Information Bill, Mr Akoto Ampaw said it was unacceptable to grant a blanket exemption to every piece of information from the president’s office, that of the vice-president, and cabinet. He argued that information such as these had monumental implications for the citizenry and they cannot be denied access to that information. He appealed to the editors to use their editorial power to galvanise support for the rejection of such provisions in the bill.