The story about an abandoned baby finding a happy home with the police officer that found her is a happy one. However, the Beeld’s coverage of this story (“’Emmer’-baba wettig ma s’n” or “’Bucket’-baby legally mother’s”, 29/04/08, p. 7) is something to get mad about. By ident...
The article “Evil steals our boys” (Daily Sun, 11/04/2008, p. 5) about thirty boys from a school in the Northern Cape, which Daily Sun claims are possessed by the devil, is an article to get mad about. This is because Daily Sun broke the Code of Ethics for journalists by failing to seek the ...
On the 30 March 2008, the Sunday Sun printed a story about a man convicted for the rape of his wife (“Husband gets 9 years for assaulting, raping wife” p.15)[1]. The article is one to get mad about as it its publication could lead to further abuse of the child involved, it contravenes the Crimin...
On the 30 March 2008, the Sunday Sun printed a story about a man convicted for the rape of his wife (“Husband gets 9 years for assaulting, raping wife” p.15)[1]. The article is one to get mad about as it its publication could lead to further abuse of the child involved, it contravenes the Crimin...
The Media Monitoring Project filed a complaint against the Daily Voice about the coverage of children in a child pornography feature. We also highlighted this case of bad coverage and launched a petition against it. The Daily Voice approached MMP for a settlement to the complaint. The se...
The Daily Voice, a Cape Town daily newspaper has grossly abused children’s rights. This story, published the 9th of March 2007, on pages 1, 6 and 7 of the Daily Voice, show children that were drugged, raped, filmed for the purposes of a pornographic film. Their images were then published in the ne...
On 7 March 2007, the Daily Sun had a story with a headline “TEACHER WHIPPED MY KID!” It was accompanied by a picture of the alleged victim and her mother. The story continued on page two with another picture of the mother and the child and an insert showing the bruised thigh of the child, she ...