False story about decuplets was a low point for journalism: how to fix the damage
For a moment, the tale of a woman in Tembisa, northeast of Johannesburg, and her record-breaking '10 babies' seemed like ...
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Advocate Michael Donen SC to investigate Pretoria News decuplets story
Respected veteran anti-apartheid lawyer, advocate and acting judge, Michael Donen SC, is to investigate Pretoria News editor Piet Rampedi's story ...
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Creative storytelling in radio and moving beyond fake news
Day 8 of Radio Days Africa took the idea of 'theatre of the mind' to another level in a double ...
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Independent Media to conduct its own ‘independent inquiry’ into decuplets story
A thorough and independent internal inquiry into the Tembisa 10 story will take place, chairperson of Independent Media, Iqbal Survé ...
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Baby lies: Dissecting SA’s biggest fake news story
Barely three weeks after the South Gauteng High Court found that The Star, had defamed Maria Ramos, the Gauteng health ...
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Why consumers turn to trusted news media in times of crisis
The only counter to an avalanche of fake news is a trusted, credible and healthy news and journalism sector that ...
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