Comments on: The media industry’s naughty little secret http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/2006/11/25/the-media-industrys-naughty-little-secrets/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Trudie Blanckenberg http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/2006/11/25/the-media-industrys-naughty-little-secrets/#comment-11450 Trudie Blanckenberg Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:19:51 +0000 http://www.big.co.za/wordpress/2006/11/25/the-media-industrys-naughty-little-secrets/#comment-11450 Naughty? Why not call a spade a spade? The excuse about economic survival is a fig leaf to cover the arrogance, greed and dishonesty of the media industry. And this has been going on for such a long time that it has become the new morality. If you have to survive at the expense of credibility you should not be part of the media scene. Those in the know should speak out, not only for the sake of media freedom but also for the sake of the freedom of everybody else. Why don't we see a list published of the clean ones, or will that result in no list at all? Media self-regulation has clearly failed. Naughty? Why not call a spade a spade?

The excuse about economic survival is a fig leaf to cover the arrogance, greed and dishonesty of the media industry. And this has been going on for such a long time that it has become the new morality. If you have to survive at the expense of credibility you should not be part of the media scene.

Those in the know should speak out, not only for the sake of media freedom but also for the sake of the freedom of everybody else. Why don’t we see a list published of the clean ones, or will that result in no list at all? Media self-regulation has clearly failed.

]]> By: Herman Lategan http://www.theharbinger.co.za/wordpress/2006/11/25/the-media-industrys-naughty-little-secrets/#comment-11004 Herman Lategan Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:28:28 +0000 http://www.big.co.za/wordpress/2006/11/25/the-media-industrys-naughty-little-secrets/#comment-11004 Publications have dropped in circulation because newsrooms are understaffed, journalists are paid badly and quite frankly, most publications are run by stuffy accountants or ageing rugby players. Journalism is in a sorry state with the same banal stories popping up in different publications. Articles are badly written and badly researched. To say that editorial credibilty must be sacraficed because publications are in trouble is poppycock. Publications have dropped in circulation because newsrooms are understaffed, journalists are paid badly and quite frankly, most publications are run by stuffy accountants or ageing rugby players. Journalism is in a sorry state with the same banal stories popping up in different publications. Articles are badly written and badly researched. To say that editorial credibilty must be sacraficed because publications are in trouble is poppycock.

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