Comrade Aphiwe, all of this justifies a need for media appeals tribunal. To prove that common sense has evaporated in the newsroom, on Friday (May 8) Sowetan front page carried a headline that "ZCC boss is my dad," but mother doubts sanity of boy who insists Lekganyane is his father (sic). Sowetan journalist Cecil Motsepe did not have first-hand knowledge of the sanity of the jailbird whose mother doubts his outrageous claims. But Sowetan without verifying any of the young man's obscure claims that Bishop Barnabas Lekganyane is his father, went ahead to publish the story to harm Lekganyane's good name and reputation in society. Upon realising that it has came close to be forsaken by some readers for going off at a foolish tangent, on Monday (May 11) Sowetan ran an editorial "An unhappy task" to justify the so-called "the painful decision" to publish false and unverified story in such a sensational manner unbefitting of a professional. This is not only cheap tabloid journalism but plain abuse of press freedom at the shallowness of public interest. Needless to say that some Christians were offended and armed themselves with the Bible to say "Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool" (Proverbs 10:18).
With all of this, it's also worth knowing that the sobriety of senior magistrate Daniel Thulare was patently questionable as it's very unusual for summons to be issued in a hearsay maintenance claim without inviting any corroboration by a reliable witness or the young man's mother. Not to mention that Sowetan took a similar approach when one attention-seeking woman made unfounded claims about then state president Kgalema Motlanthe. This new culture of walking blindfold through a minefield is making a mockery of media freedom, suggesting a need to revisit the lack of probity and self-control model abused by media practitioners. And the establishment of a media appeals tribunal remains the only way forward. Morgan Phaahla, Ekurhuleni "Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology." - Joe Slovo --- On Wed, 5/13/09, APHIWE BEWANA <[email protected]> wrote: From: APHIWE BEWANA <[email protected]> Subject: [YCLSA Discussion] Re: Zille's Other Bed Mate in The Citizen, To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 10:17 AM Dear activists/politicians/members of society Some of the apparent stupidity might be calculated means to achieve what is unachievable. For example these editors such as (Martin) are attempting to incite our people and woke up a dead snake in the name of freedom of speech. We need not to reduce our intellect to neither entertaining nor debating these issues…actually by getting into an argument you have already lost it. Al gore once said "When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, then people howl." So this editor is merely howling. And the problem with howling is that no matters how laud you can unleash it, that will not make it to have value than blazing hot air. Plato also once said “"The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions." Mr. A.L. Bewana MSc. Conservation Biology Percy-FitzPatrick Institute DST/NRF-Centre of Excellence University of Cape Town Cell no. 073 4483 651 "All that we are is the result of all that we have thought. It is founded on thought. It is based on thought". >>> Derrick Speelman <[email protected]> 05/13/09 3:35 PM >>> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Wonder Nkosi (PTA) < [email protected]> wrote: > chief, > > please post a microsoft office 2003 compatible document as i am not using > microsoft office 2007. > > regards, > wonder > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Sikhumbuzo Thomo > *Sent:* 13/05/2009 02:44 PM > *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [YCLSA Discussion] Zille's Other Bed Mate in The Citizen, > > Dear All > > > > Comrades for how long should we allow this hogwash and lack of objectivism > from The Citizen newspaper Editor Martin Williams? > > > > Attached is some further racist and balderdash he posted on his on-line > column in The Citizen April 2009, 08 10:05. > > > > Revolutionary Regards > > > > Sikhumbuzo Thomo > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from +27 21 650 4500. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not use, disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not related to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's individual capacity. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
