Agree completely but, and it may only be my perception, but previously serial Cyril lovers and DA haters like Peter Bruce at BD and Rebecca Davis at DM seem to have toned down the repetitive rhetoric of DA bad, Cyril good.The thing is that the journalists all know perfectly well what the DA's policies are. They just don't like them. Therefore they almost never write about them, often ignore them, and sometimes even claim that the DA doesn't have any policies. The role of journalists should be to articulate the DA's policies as JS has explained them. Whether the policies differ with their leftist views should be irrelevant (e.g. leftists believe that race should be a determinant for everything).
It's unfortunate that these journalists have a stranglehold on the public discourse. Take a look at how many people expressed positive surprise at JS's explanation of the DA's policies. These are not new policies - they have been like that ever since I can remember. But because the media refuse to acknowledge them, they may as well not exist.
We need to call out the mainstream media for their terribly biased reporting which often directly affects election results. Most probably don't even do it consciously - I blame their poor training and even worse editors. Except in cases like Ferial Haffajee and Ranjeni Munusamy who are / were known ANC stooges and have actual biases yet still some head up large newsrooms (e.g. Haffajee at Daily Maverick).
Other commentators have at least eased towards criticising the ANC regime more openly even though they hesitate (refuse) to recommend supporting the DA.
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