SLR Diary: RIP common newspaper decency
Note this was not the work of a single journalist or commentator, but rather the view of the newspaper, compiled by at least 3.
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‘It’s NOT true that bad news sells newspapers’ – Hamilton Wende vs Alan Knott-Craig
South African writer Hamilton Wende says that it’s a myth that newspapers are biased towards bad news.
Tribute to Allister Sparks – be an activist with empathy
Be an activist with empathy. That was the essence of Allister Sparks’ message as the keynote speaker at the graduation of his granddaughter earlier this year in England.
Ed Herbst: Problematic editorial as politics, media collide
As a person interested in what happens at the interface between politics and media, Ed Herbst was troubled by a sentence in a recent Cape Times front page story.
Herbst: What Independent’s “Intern Unit” forgot to mention
Ed Herbst says the article ‘dirty tricks’ campaign against Independent News fails to mention that Dr Survé has consistently utilised them to promote his own image and business interests.
Brendan Jack: Stop shouting – Golden Age of advertising gone
It used to be all about the advertising agency. The father figure and purveyor of cool, telling people what to think and buy. We’ve now moved to a consumer-empowered market.
Angus Begg: Private media houses also abuse journalists
Angus Begg, former freelance contributor to Business Day, is calling for fair and ethical treatment in both state and private media newsrooms.
Pressly: Surve’s anti-white rhetoric – a R500k monthly distraction
Donwald Pressly says we should all be screaming from the hilltops about why about R1bn (with interest on the initial sum) is being effectively “gifted” to Independent.
Surve’s Cape Times scorns Press Council ruling, won’t publish Zille apology
The Cape Times had run an 8 month long smear campaign against Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, claiming she had hired a spy.
Iqbal Survé: SA media’s Walter Mitty who got R900m from State pensioners
Ed Herbst looks at the life and times of Iqbal Survé, and how he’s using a R900 million loan (of state pensioner money) for his own personal gain.