Cde VC,
These sort of "trivial" reports pullute the debates in this country. The radio talkshows are likely to be abuzz when our less discerning countrymen waffle about "threats to our freedoms" based on misleading news items. AfriForum and Zille rush to the courts for less. I picked on this particular issue to alert the comrades to how news reports are "firmed up" at the expense of accuracy to pursue a particular news slant. The intro was particularly alarmist and unnecessary However, I concede that a stroll across the road to Sauer Street could have settled the matter amicably without resorting to the "bastard and bloody agent" epithets. Shh VC, don't out my agenda; today I'm wearing my red cap. Amandla! Vusi On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Cde Vusi, > > The ANC Youth League is expressing rage at a trivial point. Why did they > not pick up the phone or just walk across the road to The Star office? > > Any journalist, even you Cde Vusi if you did not have your blinkers on, > could have explained that even if this trip was not news to the ANC YL, it > was news to The Star and news to The Star's readers. That's why they ran it. > > What do you expect, Cde Vusi? Was The Star suppose to put a headline that > said "Malema visits Chavez - not a surprise"? > > I wonder if the comrades here know that you are a journalist? > > I winder if your journalist colleagues know what you are writing about them > here? Don't worry, I won't tell them. > > But for heaven's sake, Cde Vusi. Have you lost all sense of proportion? How > can you, a journalist, support this flaming rage attack? I mean, so what if > the visit was a surprise or not? > > The Star got the ANC YL's media release and put it on their front page. > > For that, the ANC YL goes berserk? > > Vusi, man, I know you have a sense of humour. Please don't play the fool > with our forum comrade. There are some people here who will take you > seriously. > > VC > > > On 2010/04/21 03:49 PM, Vusi Nzapheza wrote: > > Comrades, how can the media claim to be under attack when they are being > clarified for carrying a misleading report? > The Star newspaper claims today that the ANCYL trip to Venezuela is a > "surprise trip". > The press statement below will show that on March 29 the YL communicated > with the media that the trip to Zimbabwe is but the first of many to several > countries, including the one to Cde Hugo Chavez's progressive country. > > When Cde Magdalene corrects The Star, its online arm, IOL suddenly springs > an article claiming that the Youth league is attacking the media. > > This is inexplicable and clearly shows the agenda of the bourgeois media, > which likes to parade itself as a victim from those who do not respect media > freedoms. > > This is but just one example of what all of us in the the Tripartite > Alliance need to watch out against. > > The standards of journalism in this country has deteriorated. Journalism is > in the sewer. > Just yesterday, SAMWU had to correct an e-TV report which aired chaotic > scenes from last year's strike without telling the viewer that the footage > was from the archives. > Alert comrades from SAMWU picked up the misleading footage because there > was a flag from IMATU, which took part in last year's strike but was not > part of the strike that just ended. > > Comrades, we need to be vigilant, otherwise the capitalist media will be at > hand to assist the counter-revolutionary forces win the propaganda wars. > > Amandla! > > Vusi Nzapheza > www.kwelaxpress.co.za > > > > ANC YOUTH LEAGUE PERESIDENT JULIUS MALEMA TO LEAD A DELEGATION TO ZIMBABWE > AND WILL MEET PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE: > > 29 March 2010 > > ANC Youth League President Julius Malema will lead a delegation of the ANC > Youth League National Executive Committee to Zimbabwe. The ANC Youth League > delegation will be hosted by ZANU PF Youth and constitutes part of > strengthening relations with former liberation movements and will provide > both the ANC Youth League and ZANU PF Youth a platform to share information > on programmes to build a better Africa and world. The visit will also be > utilised to popularise South Africa’s hosting of the World Festival for > Youth and Students in December 2010. > > The visit will also incorporate the ANC Youth League’s study-tour programme > of visiting countries that have succeeded or failed with Nationalisation of > and greater State participation in sectors of their economies. The > study-tours will proceed to China, Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and Cuba. > > The delegation to Zimbabwe will be led by President Julius Malema and will > include the following members of the National Executive Committee: > > Steven Ngobeni—Deputy Secretary General > Pule Mabe—Treasurer General > Floyd Shivambu > Kenetswe Mosenogi > Abner Mosaase > Clifford Motsepe > Palesa Notsi > Maropene Ntuli > > The visit to Zimbabwe will happen as follows: > > Date : 02 to 05 April 2010 > Arrival Time : 02 April 2010 @ 12H00 > > On Monday, the 5th of April 2010, the ANC Youth League will hold a joint > press briefing with ZANU PF Youth at the Zanu PF Head Quarters, Harare. The > ANC Youth League delegation will pay a courtesy visit to His Excellency > President Robert Mugabe in Harare. > > > Issued by the African National Congress Youth League > Contact Floyd Shivambu, ANC Youth League Spokesperson > 0828199474 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Vusi Nzapheza <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:38 PM > Subject: Fwd: ANC YL Media ANCYL MEDIA STATEMENT: ANCYL IS APPALLED BY THE > LIES SPREAD BY THE STAR NEWSPAPER > To: [email protected] > > > *ANCYL defends Malema's trip* > ** > April 21 2010 at 01:29PM > > In another attack on the media, the ANC Youth League defended a "study > trip" to Venezuela on Wednesday, saying it was part of efforts to "advance > the nationalisation of mines". > > African National Congress Youth League spokeswoman Magdalene Moonsamy said > a report in The Star newspaper which described it as a "surprise visit" was > "appalling". > > "The ANCYL is appalled by the lies spread by The Star newspapers... > > "The ANCYL is disgusted that foreign-owned newspapers continue to > misrepresent the efforts made by the ANCYL in advancing the interests of the > developmental struggle," Moonsamy said in a statement. > > > "The ANCYL calls for such unethical journalism and lies to stop." > She said the "study tour" had been public knowledge since a January > lekgotla and was not a surprise, as was stated in The Star's headline, > "Malema in surprise trip". > > Moonsamy said: "The ANCYL has planned study tours as part of its process to > advance the nationalisation of mines [and] this includes the study tour to > Venezuela. > > > "The study tour to Venezuela forms part of a series of study tours. > > "A delegation has recently returned from Zimbabwe where a series of > programmes aimed at gaining an intimate understanding of nationalisation of > the various sectors of the economy were undertaken," said Moonsamy. > > The latest attack on the media came after Malema called a BBC journalist a > "bastard" and an "agent" at a news conference earlier this month. > > The SA National Editors' Forum at the time said Malema's behaviour was > "totally unacceptable". > > The Star editor Moegsien Williams declined to comment. - Sapa > > > http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=nw20100421131946811C833421 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Vusi Nzapheza <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:34 PM > Subject: Fwd: ANC YL Media ANCYL MEDIA STATEMENT: ANCYL IS APPALLED BY THE > LIES SPREAD BY THE STAR NEWSPAPER > To: [email protected] > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Magdalene Moonsamy > Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:30 AM > Subject: ANC YL Media ANCYL MEDIA STATEMENT: ANCYL IS APPALLED BY THE LIES > SPREAD BY THE STAR NEWSPAPER > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > > ANCYL MEDIA STATEMENT > > THE ANCYL IS APPALLED BY THE LIES SPREAD BY THE STAR NEWSPAPERS > > The ANCYL is appalled by the lies spread by the Star Newspapers on the 21st > April 2010. It is with absolute disgust that the headline reads of a > "surprise trip" by the ANCYL to Venezuela. > > The ANCYL has planned study tours as part of its process to advance the > Nationalisation of Mines, this includes the study tour to Venezuela. Such > discussions and plans have been made public for comment and engagement with > the ANCYL, since its Legotla that took place in January 2010. > > The study tour to Venezuela forms part of a series of study tours. > A delegation has recently returned from Zimbabwe were a series of programmes > aimed at gaining an intimate understanding of Nationalisation of the various > sectors of the economy were undertaken. > > The ANCYL is disgusted that foreign owned newspapers continue to > misrepresent the efforts made by the ANCYL in advancing the interests of the > of the developmental struggle. > > The ANCYL calls for such unethical journalism and lies to stop. > > ISSUED BY THE ANCYL > > CONTACT > > MAGDALENE MOONSAMY > 073 2688 269 > > -- > Magdalene Moonsamy > [email protected] > > > -- > News is something someone, somewhere doesn’t want to read. The rest is > PR.— Claud Cockburn > www.kwelaxpress.co.za > > > > > > > > -- > News is something someone, somewhere doesn’t want to read. 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