25 March 2019, News 24, William Bird Sometimes it feels like there is not a whole lot that we can do about the lying devious scum who seek to undermine our democracy. It can feel overwhelming and that the nefarious forces will always win, but fear not, there are a few things that we can […]...
22 March 2019, Daily Vox William Bird from Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) told The Daily Vox in an interview the organisation is not aware if any journalists are being prevented from doing their job in Mozambique. But he did say: “A lot of the media tends to be state-controlled […] There is no do...
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), a leading human rights media research organisation, today released their report “Politics, medicine and disease: The story of HIV in the media from 2002”. The research examines how the coverage of HIV/AIDS has changed since 2003. Read the report. More than 7 mill...
In the past few years in South Africa the land reform issue has been at the center of both political and economical debate. Also the current socio-economic situation of the country has amplified the debate with the main contributors sometimes misrepresenting the issues or focusing only on certain pa...
9 October 2018, News 24, William Bird So where’s the upside? The upside is that for far too long we have taken the critical role our media play in our democracy for granted. They are often their own worst enemies and have failed to remind us, but if there is one positive aspect to the […]...
In early 2019, South Africans will begin preparing for our 6th democratic national elections. Given the current political climate, heightened tensions, socio-economic instability and the conversations around ‘State Capture’, the upcoming elections are said to be the most contested yet. Media Mon...
The Independent Online, 9 October 2018, Wendy Jasson Da Costa Sarah Findlay, programme co-ordinator at Media Monitoring Africa, said misinformation was easy to share and concrete steps should be taken to prevent this from doing the rounds. “A lot of people in South Africa feel uncertain and fragi...
In an out-of-court settlement, Media Monitoring Africa, S.O.S: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition, the SABC and the Commission of Inquiry probing allegations of editorial interference at the SABC have agreed to open some parts of the Inquiry to the public and the media. The commission is chaired ...
18 JUNE 2018, Business Day William Bird is correct about the problems posed by social media in the run-up to our 2019 election, but it is an even bigger problem than he suggests (New rules needed to ensure social media do not undermine elections, June 13). Social media are a threat to democracy itse...