11 July 2018, 702 Afternoon Drive Director at Media Monitoring Africa William Bird says Deputy secretary-general of the Africa National Congress (ANC) Jessie Duarte was well within her right to retract a statement made in a recorded interview with Eyewitness News reporter Clement Manyathela. Read th...
5 July 2018, Cape Talk Director at Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird, says this is a very worrying development, and wonders if Independent Media will be able to carry on after PIC exit. Read the full article....
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4 July 2018, The Citizen, Brian Sokutu The ‘loudest voices’ in the media were DA leader Mmusi Maimane at 10% coverage, followed by the EFF’s Julius Malema at 6%. A Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) report into the 2016 local government elections shows the ANC received much more media coverage tha...
4 July 2018, The Citizen, Brian Sokutu Another outstanding issue is the death of former SABC 8 journalist Suna Venter after threats to her life, MMA director William Bird says. The behind-closed-doors South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) hearings on political interference in editorial matte...
2 July 2018, 702 Afternoon Drive Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird is urging MultiChoice to make public its shortlist of candidates for a new, 24-hour black-owned news channel. Read the full article....
02 July 2018, Business Day, Bekezela Phakathi Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird said it was important for MultiChoice to avoid having similar issues it had with ANN7. The channel was accused of shoddy journalism, bias and promoting a factional agenda. Read the full article. ...
1 July 2018, News 24, William Bird Next year’s elections environment will be very different to past polls, particularly because of the growing role that social media plays in shaping and influencing opinions. Read the full article....
28 June 2018, CapeTalk THE MONEY SHOW WITH Bruce Whitfield Director at Media Monitoring Africa William Bird says as we go into the elections it’s very important that we get clarity on how much political parties are spending on social media. Read the full article. ...