Sampson Lardy Anyenini is becoming too dangerous to hold a public microphone.
His professional failure is measured not by his statements, but by his strategic omissions. The mission to lift pressure from the NDC. The joy to do selective interrogation. Looking into the past – dishonestly. The fixation is too dirty to to be ignored
While the current administration navigates multiple, unresolved financial scandals and severe credibility deficits, he has applied no sustained journalistic pressure. There has been no forensic scrutiny, no demand for timelines, and no true institutional accountability. He will do none of that
The GoldBod case exemplifies this. US$214 million of public funds remains unaccounted for. This demands direct questioning, investigation, and transparency.
His response was to invite the GoldBod CEO for a discussion. Pure PR
It was not an interrogation. It was an exchange that sanitised the scandal, transformed a major allegation of corruption into a public relations narrative, and stripped it of gravity. The funds were not pursued; they were platformed.
This was a deliberate editorial choice. He does it – always
Following this, he selectively revisited the 2022 economic crisis under the previous administration, treating it with public sarcasm. The contrast is telling: present allegations involving his NDC allies are softened; past difficulties of opponents are weaponised for mockery. JUNK economy heading the Sri Lanka way!
The pattern is operational: scandals are buried not by denial, but by omission and narrative redirection. Accountability is suspended by controlling what is scrutinised, and when.
This is agenda management, not journalism.
A neutral commentator’s duty is to confront present power and pursue present facts. Instead, the focus is shifted to curated memories – engineered to shield incumbents and target predecessors. Prevent opposition voices from interrogating the rots under this government.
That alignment is now being confirmed in real time.
Today, he hosts the Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine.
The purpose is evident. This segment will function as a platform for the Attorney-General to justify the application of questionable discretionary powers – powers recently used to discontinue prosecutions against NDC looters. This is not a minor controversy; it is the systemic use of legal authority for political curation.
The critical questions regarding these actions will be sidelined. The conversation will be redirected. The Attorney-General will be invited to perform a media trial- to level accusations against Ken Ofori-Atta, against Wontumi, against Adu Boahen. A new, convenient headline will be generated, shifting scrutiny from the Attorney-General’s own discretionary abuses to the political foes of the present administration.
First, the GoldBod millions vanished into a moderated discussion.
Now, the Attorney-General’s discretionary actions will be normalised, and public attention will be funneled toward the past, away from the present abuse of power.
This is the mechanism of captured media: protection through platforming, attack through agenda-setting, the conversion of accountability into jokes.
Sampson Anyenini is not avoiding scrutiny.
He is actively, professionally diverting it. It is a craft he has mastered – shamefully
This is the silence we documented. It is not an absence of sound. It is the sound of a stage being managed. Sampson Anyenini is no longer a journalist in this moment. He is the stage manager for state capture. It is a career has chosen
J. A. Sarbah
