On the Mail & Guardian-branded Thought Leader platform, ThoughtFerial Haffajee, editor of the Mail & Guardian Online, has taken the controversial Ronald Suresh Roberts [who The Weekender reports is being sued for plagiarism] to task over his recent Thought Leader blog post on “The chicken-hawks of the media wars”, writing that Roberts tests her “commitment to freedom of expression”. Both posts have elicited 50+ comments.
Prof Guy Berger, head of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University, has weighed in on the Koni Media/Johncom takeover bid debate, writing in the Mail & Guardian Online that “that politics constitutes the driving force behind the current suitors. And this applies equally to Tokyo Sexwale, also seeking a chunk of Johncom.”
Meanwhile, also according to the Mail & Guardian Online, Groovin Nchabeleng of Koni Media professes that the deal is just a “pure business transaction” and “thinks the opposition to his company being part of the deal is based on a lack of appreciation of the direction the global media space is taking and of his entrepreneurial spirit.”
Lastly, looking at another aspect of the principle of a free press is Kass Naidoo, who analyses the media boycott on Australian cricket in her Fin24.com column.
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