A complaint was received in regard to a news item on SABC news, which dealt with pre-paid water in a 1,30 minute insert. The Tribunal is of the view that the item did not make a sufficient connection between “some who disagree” and Ms Makotsoane, who was interviewed. It was not in dispute that Ms [...]
News headline misleading, biased and untruthful – Held that the news headline is to be read, interpreted and understood in relation to the context of the news item, and not in isolation. News headline appropriate and not misrepresenting the facts in view of the conflicting reports pertaining to the shooting of a Brazilian citizen. CLICK [...]
The Registrar received a complaint concerning a kidnap insert on Carte Blanche, the weekly news related programme presented by M-Net, the subscription broadcaster. It was argued that the insert furthered kidnapping by stating that it is easy to kidnap a child. The only issue before the Tribunal in terms of the Broadcasting Code is whether [...]