SO, WHAT’S THE WORD ON SOUTH AFRICA?
Gil Scott Heron put the question to the world, in what seems now a long while ago, in relation to Johannesburg. I started asking it myself in the last few days as I got news of what has been reported as the most talked about story in South Africa in recent times.
In my search for answers I found this article, which to me seems a good example of “as close as the (good) media can get to objectivity”, whatever that is…
In my search for answers I found this article, which to me seems a good example of “as close as the (good) media can get to objectivity”, whatever that is…
Probably, mainstream media, in this case AFP, at its best!
No, not simply because they seem to be “sympathetic” to the “black cause”, whatever that is, if that’s what you’re thinking… But because they approach the subject from different perspectives, using various illustrative cases and, while highlighting the case of the humiliating video in question, also mention the case where white journalists were barred from a meeting between black journalists and Jacob Zuma, and all they have as “opinion”, placed against a brief, yet accurate, historical background, is gathered from relevant voices in the country on the issues at stake.
Now, I must say that my praise for this particular article is not completely unrelated to the fact that I couldn’t find a single word on the video story in my “much loved GVO”… Why was it? Where have all the bloggers always so keen on pointing the finger at, or forcefully acting upon, what they perceive, rightly or wrongly, as “black racism” been in the last few days? Or was it GVO that didn’t notice their presumable posts on the issue?
No, not simply because they seem to be “sympathetic” to the “black cause”, whatever that is, if that’s what you’re thinking… But because they approach the subject from different perspectives, using various illustrative cases and, while highlighting the case of the humiliating video in question, also mention the case where white journalists were barred from a meeting between black journalists and Jacob Zuma, and all they have as “opinion”, placed against a brief, yet accurate, historical background, is gathered from relevant voices in the country on the issues at stake.
Now, I must say that my praise for this particular article is not completely unrelated to the fact that I couldn’t find a single word on the video story in my “much loved GVO”… Why was it? Where have all the bloggers always so keen on pointing the finger at, or forcefully acting upon, what they perceive, rightly or wrongly, as “black racism” been in the last few days? Or was it GVO that didn’t notice their presumable posts on the issue?
Gil Scott Heron put the question to the world, in what seems now a long while ago, in relation to Johannesburg. I started asking it myself in the last few days as I got news of what has been reported as the most talked about story in South Africa in recent times.
In my search for answers I found this article, which to me seems a good example of “as close as the (good) media can get to objectivity”, whatever that is…
In my search for answers I found this article, which to me seems a good example of “as close as the (good) media can get to objectivity”, whatever that is…
Probably, mainstream media, in this case AFP, at its best!
No, not simply because they seem to be “sympathetic” to the “black cause”, whatever that is, if that’s what you’re thinking… But because they approach the subject from different perspectives, using various illustrative cases and, while highlighting the case of the humiliating video in question, also mention the case where white journalists were barred from a meeting between black journalists and Jacob Zuma, and all they have as “opinion”, placed against a brief, yet accurate, historical background, is gathered from relevant voices in the country on the issues at stake.
Now, I must say that my praise for this particular article is not completely unrelated to the fact that I couldn’t find a single word on the video story in my “much loved GVO”… Why was it? Where have all the bloggers always so keen on pointing the finger at, or forcefully acting upon, what they perceive, rightly or wrongly, as “black racism” been in the last few days? Or was it GVO that didn’t notice their presumable posts on the issue?
No, not simply because they seem to be “sympathetic” to the “black cause”, whatever that is, if that’s what you’re thinking… But because they approach the subject from different perspectives, using various illustrative cases and, while highlighting the case of the humiliating video in question, also mention the case where white journalists were barred from a meeting between black journalists and Jacob Zuma, and all they have as “opinion”, placed against a brief, yet accurate, historical background, is gathered from relevant voices in the country on the issues at stake.
Now, I must say that my praise for this particular article is not completely unrelated to the fact that I couldn’t find a single word on the video story in my “much loved GVO”… Why was it? Where have all the bloggers always so keen on pointing the finger at, or forcefully acting upon, what they perceive, rightly or wrongly, as “black racism” been in the last few days? Or was it GVO that didn’t notice their presumable posts on the issue?
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