Because much of the political news people consume is through the media, radio serves as the dominant source of political information.

To find out, I interviewed political editors and journalists from two private radio stations in Ghana in addition to (women) politicians and civil society experts.

If the quality of democracy in a country partly relies on the kind of political information that citizens get from the media, then attention must be paid to how political news is produced.

Apart from news values, other factors shaping political news production are media ownership and incentive-driven coverage leading to biased reporting.

While the National Media Commission and Ghana Journalist Association need more stringent measures to address this growing trend in political news production, citizens should also be more critical of the news they consume and demand higher standards of journalism.