News - MMA in the Media
- Hammerl’s killing: SA govt’s naiveté, rise of mediaphobia in Africa
SA’s award-winning photographer Anton Hammerl suffered and died alone - just like scores of journalists silenced in various parts of Africa for simply telling the truth.
Gaddafi loyalists’ savage act and cover-up, coupled with the South African government’s much-criticised handling of the issue, epitomise the rise of mediaphobia in a continent ridden with dictators and illegitimate governments.
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- Children’s Radio Foundation gets youth’s opinion on the upcoming elections
Four young South Africans give their frank and considered opinion on the elections. They tell us whether or not they’ll be making their mark, and why. We also hear from George Kalu, head of Children’s Projects at Media Monitoring Africa who explains how politicians overlook children as an election issue and as the future electorate.
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- His Master’s Voice and the perennial question of SABC bias
The DA’s at the SABC’s throat, citing bias after the public broadcaster gave the ruling party live coverage for the ANC’s final Siyanqoba rally on Sunday, days before voters go to the polls. The SABC, of course, says the DA’s talking nonsense. The law says electoral coverage should be equitable, but is vague enough to make deciding what is equitable fairly malleable. And yes, we’ve heard this all before.
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- MMA analysis finds Morning Live broadcast guilty of ANC bias
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA has concluded its investigation of biased reporting on the part of an SABC 2 Morning Live show broadcast on May 11 after concerns were raised by a member of the SOS Coalition (Support Public Broadcasting), and found that that particular broadcast did in fact favour the ruling ANC. It said the broadcast was “in the interests of the ANC, and not the voter”.
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- Sunday Times and me, Part II: The Empire strikes back, sort of
More than a month ago, Michelle Solomon submitted her first Promotion of Access to Information (PAI) Act application to make public the 2008 Sunday Times report by the Harber commission. On 3 May, World Press Freedom day, Avusa informed Solomon her application had been denied.
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