6 ways to spot trolls, tricksters and other underminers of democracy
25th Mar 2019
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
Tag: Media quality
Cyclone Idai: Tough Press Laws Hinder Reporting From Mozambique
22nd Mar 2019
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
Politics, medicine and disease: The story of HIV in the media from 2002
13th Feb 2019
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
Reporting on land reform: A path riddled with pitfalls
5th Feb 2019
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
William Bird: The upside to “fake news”
18th Oct 2018
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
MMA takes a moment to look back at how the media have covered elections over the years
9th Oct 2018
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
Calls grow for fake news peddlers to be jailed
8th Oct 2018
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
SABC settlement a win for media freedom
13th Jul 2018
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
LETTER: Social media threat
18th Jun 2018
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
Only when violated, we hear about kids: William Bird
1st Jun 2018
1 June 2018, SABC The Director of Media Monitoring Africa, William Bird says the only time we see children in the media is when something