SABC breaks ties with Editors Forum

[rpm]

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/1176.html

 

[chiskop]

The Saturday Star reported that the SABC had broken ranks with the forum in protest over its stance on Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and the publication of her medical records.

From memory, Sanef's response was something along the lines of "this is an important story, but we are concerned about the use of possibly confidential medical records." Which was, come to think of it, similar to the judge's view in the just concluded court case.

Obviously, this is not [-]kowtowy[/-] good enough for the SABC.

 

[Debbie]

"Even less are we prepared to associate with the enemies of our freedom and our people."

The 'enemies' of 'freedom' and of 'our people'. Rather dramatic.

 

[NameOfBeast]

Throwing of toys from cot. Does anyone still care what Snuki and Co. think?

 

[Ricard]

Drat! .. all those Hi-Quality journalists that work at the SABC!

 

[ernstn]

It is time to withdraw the licence fees these puppets get. The SABC news department have gone from worse(Cliff Saunders) to worse(Snuki), serving the sole needs of the governing party of the day.

If it is a propaganda machine, let the party funds pay for it, not tax payers money and enforced licence fees.

 

[chiskop]

Drat! .. all those Hi-Quality journalists that work at the SABC!

There are actually a number of high quality journalists working at the SABC - the problem is the lo-quality managers in editorial control.

 

[Sapphiron]

The SABC is actually saying the the court was incorrect.

The court ruled that the Media were incorrect in posessing the confidential medical records, but they were within their rights to PUBLISH articles based on it.

The SABC is basically publicly saying, they are above the law.

 

[Ricard]

The SABC is actually saying the the court was incorrect.

The court ruled that the Media were incorrect in posessing the confidential medical records, but they were within their rights to PUBLISH articles based on it.

The SABC is basically publicly saying, they are above the law.

What they are actually saying is that they are T-Bones pet.. and will do everything that T-Bone says!

 

[rwenzori]

What they are actually saying is that they are T-Bones pet.. and will do everything that T-Bone says!

What he said ^^ .

Pigs.

 

[LazyLion]

lol... so much for objectivity in reporting. They are claiming that the editor of the Sunday Times had an agenda in pursuing that story, and that the editors are biased.


So in retaliation they are going to .... become even less objective???

 

[Abe]

So much for the independance of the SABC from Government. Who can trust the SABC to say anything objectively now.

 

[Shake&Bake]

I only watch e-tv news anyway! As said before here - SABC is the ruling party's puppet

 

[kilo39]

In the letter, the SABC said it would no longer stand idle "whilst we are being made a whipping boy and a scapegoat by the profit-driven media.

"Even less are we prepared to associate with the enemies of our freedom and our people.

"We cannot remain quiet while our mothers and our democratically chosen leaders are stripped naked for the sole reason of selling newspapers," the paper reported.

Surely Manto is a political appointment and not a 'democratically elected leader?' (If it was about 'democracy' she would no longer have a job.)

Disgusting: while hundreds and thousands die.

"Enemies of our Freedom?" Yes, seems sabc's stance is still the same.

Mmmm. >democratically chosen leaders<

Yes exactly the problem: the only choice is Mbeki's.

 

[chiskop]

"We cannot remain quiet while our mothers and our democratically chosen leaders are stripped naked for the sole reason of selling newspapers," the paper reported.

The printed ST included the next line, which was something like "And this in Women's Month, nogal."

So are the SABC saying that their reaction would be differnet had the allegations been made about a male member of cabinet, or that the ST would have acted differently had the Minister involved been male?

The letter to sanef came across as a spittled and bitter letter, like Anton Harber suggested "management by tantrum"

 

[zambussi]

As time goes by, the mouthpiece of the ANC get louder and cares less about pretending to be independant in any way...............

Then one day when their brother leader gets replaced by someone else, they are the 1st to cry about lack of media freedom.....................

 

[dominic]

"management by tantrum" sounds like a workable plan for today....

perhaps it is more a case of the SABC being a little miffed about the allegations about itself and the fact that our national broadcaster runs of to court to get a pre-publication censorship order...

viva the cathode ray nipple
viva the methodone metronome

 

[SlappY]

Seems the ANC is gunning to defame anyone associated with this Manto story. Typical. Pretty sure this is what Magabe did in Zim. Also typical that they playing the racist card again. Heard in from another source that the SABC is claiming the forum is right wing.

Moral of the story. Dont piss off the ANC. You WILL go down. This is Africa. It is the African way (Zimbabwe, Uganda, Congo, Mozambique, et al). The next step in the recipe is a bit of light genocide.

 

[chiskop]

Mmm, I must've missed the defamation

 

[SlappY]

Labelling some of the industries most liberal people as "right wing". I'd say thats defamation.