One of the profound things I learned at a journalism school is that accuracy is sacrosanct. And one of my lecturers would say if ten people had died in an incident, and you say eleven people, you would have killed that person. This was to emphasise the importance of getting facts right – and getting them right the first time.
These important tenets of good journalism are immortal have no expiration date and are universal. But for some reason, some media practitioners and media institutions have decided to dump these basic principles in an endless pit.
It’s not the first time that the likes of Tucker Carlson and Fox News created the illusion of “white genocide” which is sponsored by the black government. There are both individuals and groups of…
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Star South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2025-03-10