EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: ANN7 destroys MultiChoice! (Relax, it’s fake news. Probably)
Advice to viewers of ANN7: monitor it carefully; report inaccurate or unfair coverage to the BCCSA; if you need clarity on anything, go to newsthump.com
Stories of Note Bytes from the digital world There will be "no worries" about downgrades if Cyril Ramaphosa and his team get to implement the deputy president’s "new deal" proposition, former finance minister Pravin Gordhan says. Gupta-family owned Oakbay Resources & Energy failed to pay R293m owed to the Industrial Development Corporation by Thursday’s deadline, prompting the state-owned financier to take legal action. In My Opinion Matters of debate Even though ANN7 is a commercial failure, a fake news liability and a reputational catastrophe, MultiChoice dutifully keeps paying for it, writes advertising agency Fairly Famous founder and creative director Deon Wiggett. "Those who are uncomfortable with ANN7s coverage should monitor it closely and report inaccurate or unfair coverage to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA and to MultiChoice. If a record of serial misconduct is built up, the commission and MultiChoice can be pressured into doing something about it," writes A...
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