Media freedom for all in our young democracy
The exposé by our media, in particular Scorpio and amaBhungane, of the Gupta emails are testament to the critical importance ...
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‘I Read The News Today, Oh Boy’
A lot has been written about the role that advertising should play in supporting or not supporting fake news... it ...
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Interrogate the media content you consume
Fake news and shoddy journalism can be hard to detect. Media Monitoring Africa has unveiled online tools to help identify ...
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Intense invective: The media’s role in political dirty tricks
SA is taking lessons from politicians and the media in the US in terms of the intensity of vicious backstabbing, ...
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Verashni Pillay opens up about her hate speech appeal victory
The Press Ombudsman’s hate speech ruling against former Huffington Post South Africa editor Verashni Pillay has been set aside by an ...
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The inside story of the Shelley Garland scandal
Just over three months ago, what was supposed to be a slow-moving Easter weekend was disrupted by a contentious blog ...
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