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Category: Media Freedom and Performance [REMOVE]
- The Citizen misses the broader picture
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An article by The Citizen has been selected for a MAD for its insensitive picture and for failing to provide a nuanced and in-depth coverage of the eviction of 2000 people from a derelict building.
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- Daily Sun fails to include the “WHY” factor in story.
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Daily Sun receives a MAD for its story which lacks basic information and context.
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- The New Age and The Star promote the protection of children during Child Protection Week
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The New Age and The Star are on the MAD OAT spotlight for publishing articles that are examples of best practice and reporting during Child Protection Week.
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- Daily Sun article raises ethical questions and receives MAD
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An article by Daily Sun raises a number of ethical questions and receives a MAD for identifying a child who was a victim of alleged child neglect.
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- The New Age accesses a disabled teenager
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The New Age gets a GLAD for its empowering portrayal of a disabled teenager in its article “Disability not an inability for this teenager.”
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- The New Age Raises the Alarm On Abduction and Rape under the guise of “Ukuthwala” Practice
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MMA commends an article by The New Age which raised awareness on the issue of young girls being abducted under the guise of a practice known as “ukhuthwala”.
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- Children protected in Saturday Star article
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An article by Saturday Star receives a GLAD for protecting the identities of children featured in a story about their mother, who was jailed for hiding them in order to protect them from their father, who she claimed sexually abused them.
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- The Best Promoter & Worst Violator of Children’s Rights in SA Print Media (January - March 2011)
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MMA has produced a MAD OAT quarterly report for the first three months of 2011. This report is a qualitative assessment of articles published by mainstream print mediums which, in our view, clearly violated or promoted children’s rights.
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- Ukuthwala, Human Trafficking & The Media
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Forced marriage falls under the purpose of exploitation in the definition of human trafficking.
By international law, and in accordance with the parameters for human trafficking set out by the UN; like forced marriage in other parts of the world, such as the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, the practice of ukuthwala as it is being used to perpetrate these crimes today in South Africa is most certainly classifiable as human trafficking.
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- Elections Watch-Bias Patrol - Morning Live (11 May 2011)
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In response to concerns raised of bias by one the SOS Coalition (Support Public Broadcasting) members, MMA has conducted a brief analysis of SABC 2’s Morning Live show (11 May 2011).
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