“Ons verdrink in ons trane” [We’re drowning in our tears] (Beeld, 23/07/2011, pg.4) featured four photographs of families of victims of a police helicopter crash. According to the article, the families […]...
The article ’‘Eviction hits kids hard’’ (The Citizen, 07/07/2011, p.4) failed to provide a nuanced and in-depth coverage of the eviction of “nearly 2000 people” from a derelict building in Johannesburg’s central […]...
Daily Sun has received a MAD OAT MAD for its story which lacks basic information. The article seems to contain the “who, what, where and when” factors but fails to provide […]...
Historically, photography has been a powerful method of telling stories through imagery. Unfortunately, The Citizen’s photograph (10/06/2011, p. 19) featuring a naked girl being bathed on a sidewalk in Jakarta, Indonesia, lacked […]...
Three orphans – twin boys and their older sister – living in a scrapped car were directly identified and interviewed when it was clearly not in their best interests, in […]...
“Six hours of hell for a boy (2) locked in” (Daily Sun, 02/06/2011, p. 2) identified a two-year-old boy who was a victim of alleged child neglect. The child was named […]...
The article “Boy watched dad die” published by Daily Sun, (26/05/2011, p.4) deserves a MAD. It reported on a ten-year-old boy who witnessed his father being brutally killed by thugs. Although the article […]...
The image published beside an article in the City Press entitled “ANC woos poor whites with gifts”(08/05/2011, pg. 4) has been awarded a MADOAT MAD by Media Monitoring Africa. The introduction of the […]...
Children’s rights were violated in the articles “Stalked to Death” (05/05/2011, p.1 & 2) published inThe Times and “Three little girls bury their murdered mom” (Sunday Times, 08/05/2011, p.2), which reported on the murders of […]...