On Thursday, Icasa was expected to rule on the SABC’s broadcast ban of violent protest footage, which many critics have seen as censorship. MMA’s William Bird says their legal team […]...
The SACP, the SOS Coalition, Media Monitoring Africa and other organisations say they will continue their picket despite SABC representatives refusing to receive their memorandum of demands. Dineo Bendile, ‘Anti-censorship […]...
In May, Media Monitoring Africa, the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and the Freedom of Expression Institute lodged a complaint with Icasa’s complaints and compliance committee, challenging the validity of […]...
MMA head of programmes Wellington Radu said 50 media outlets covering the 2014 general elections were analysed and it was found that the ANC received 38% of the coverage, while […]...
MMA’s William Bird said the ANC’s higher coverage could not be attributed to the Tshwane riots, because news reports about these were analysed separately to compensate for any distortion. Carien […]...
“Jimi Matthews’ resignation indicates that there is a particularly grave crisis at the SABC,” William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa watchdog, told DW. “Some people are seeking to impose […]...
Director at Media Monitoring Africa William Bird says he is not surprised at reports that senior journalists Krivani Pillay, Busisiwe Ntuli and Jacques Steenkamp may be facing disciplinary action tomorrow. […]...
William Bird, director of Media Monitoring Africa, says the attempts at limiting the news remind him of the dark days of apartheid, when the government tightly controlled the media. Anita […]...
CPJ also calls for credible investigations into reports that police assaulted journalists covering unrest. ‘South African reporters attacked covering protests, broadcaster suspends journalists‘, The Committee to Protect Journalists, June 24, 2014...