by Franz Kruger | Jul 7, 2008 | Ethics
The media should serve the national interest, according to an opinion piece in Uganda's New Vision. But these days, the local media seem excessively focused on sex journalism. The opinion piece in New Vision, by an unnamed writer, reads: A few minutes before Dr....
by Franz Kruger | Jun 12, 2008 | Ethics
The Daily Sun newspaper calls foreign migrants 'aliens' and takes a forthright 'South Africa first' stance. For this reason, it has been criticised for encouraging xenophobia. Writing in the Mail & Guardian, publisher Deon du Plessis takes...
by Franz Kruger | May 28, 2008 | Ethics
The Sun, the tabloid that South Africa's chattering classes love to hate, was probably the one place where warnings of the xenophobic violence could have been read, writes Anton Harber in Business Day. The paper's tone was often ugly, but at least it captured...
by Franz Kruger | May 17, 2008 | Ethics
Can journalists be activists while still being true to their profession, asks Deborah Walter, the editor of the Gender and Media Diversity Journal: Media, Activism, & Change. Certainly bringing otherwise unheard voices into the public domain is good, activist...
by Franz Kruger | May 10, 2008 | Ethics
So David Bullard didn't believe the column he wrote that led to the Sunday Times axing him? The Mail & Guardian's ombud, Franz Kruger, discusses the underlying opinions satire often reveals. Franz Kruger writes in the Mail & Guardian: I was...
by Franz Kruger | May 4, 2008 | Ethics
The ANC idea of a media tribunal won't fly, writes Dario Milo in the Sunday Times. But it may be time for consider giving the ombudsman more muscle, by way of a power to fine, for instance. Dario Milo writes in the Sunday Times: One of the most controversial...
