The current Covid-19 crisis demands tougher action. Campaigns that make people extremely uncomfortable, and should focus on the horror of dying from this virus in graphic detail. Read more
Government has gone to extraordinary lengths practically every day to hold media briefings on a variety of aspects of its response to the virus. Read more
I am not suggesting for a minute that the mass media should simply stop worrying about lying and divisive world leaders – in fact they should redouble their efforts to expose them. Read more
Mobile networks are among South Africa’s most unpopular organisations and constantly poke consumers in the chest both from then point of view of prices and service. It's time mass media took... Read more
Columnist Chris Moerdyk is in New York for the next month. In his first piece from the Big Apple, he ponders on a terrifying future for mass media... Read more