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Publish and be damned, as the old saying goes. For too long South Africa's press have been allowed to print lies and get away with not telling the truth. The two rulings on "anonymous sources" by the Press Ombudsman may help to save the reputation of the mainstream media, but it does absolutely n...

SOUTH AFRICA'S news media knows absolutely nothing about the bribery and corruption scandal involving Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schrieber. The shenanigans of the Independent News and Media director has dominated overseas headlines and has been part of a three year investigation on Fifth Estate...

WHILE the outrage expressed by certain journalists of a paler complexion, at Friday’s re-launch of the Forum of Black Journalists (FBJ) is understandable (some white journalists were denied access while others were barred entry) – this blogger can only shake his head and remark at the hypocrisy o...

Frankly, the press in South Africa does not exist. What exists is some kind of franchise to mislead the public, falsify evidence, commit fraud and not even an apology in a 2×4 column is going to make things right now. Take the O'Brian report this year which accused O'Reilly of crony capitalism an...

Headline today: Media24 in hot water. Apparently staff have been misrepresenting circulation figures to advertisers, resulting in a furore over billing. A routine audit of a number of Media24 magazine titles, according to IOL has revealed "certain discrepancies", the Audit Bureau of Circulation (...