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 […]...
The Daily Sun articles “Young mum dumps baby under bed!” and “’Moses’ in the bucket found in drain!” (12/04/2011, p. 7) violated the rights of the children involved in both stories. The first article reported on […]...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is concerned about the poor portrayal of a child in a story published by Daily Sun, entitled “Fire destroyed my son’s face” (05/04/2011, p.5) and the accompanying picture. The […]...
Two articles “[XXXX*]’s son in paternity row” (Saturday Star, 19/03/2011, p.3) and “Not so fast, [XXXX*]!” (Sunday World, 03/04/2011, p.6) may well be interesting to the public but are certainly not in the public […]...
“Gunned down in his yard” (Sowetan, 14/03/2011, p.2) neglected the rights of a 17-year-old child witness by naming him. The article further indirectly identified the child by naming the school he […]...
Two articles by The New Age, “Big hearts for little people who need love” (01/03/2011, p.6) and“Pupil beatings continue in defiance of law” (31/03/2011, p.6) were selected for a MAD for identifying children when […]...
“Ashes to Ashes for teenager,” (Daily Sun, 22/02/2011, p.4) was selected as a MAD for insensitive reporting that also identified a 16-year-old girl who had gone through three very traumatic experiences. […]...