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How ethical are South Africa’s news media? We studied public complaints to the press council to find out

The news media in South Africa have a long and dark history of being used to oppress the majority during colonialism and apartheid. In the new context of societal transformation and constitutional democracy since 1994, media diversity is crucial. And the need for ethical journalism is paramount.

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‘One-sided, incomplete’: PCI chief dismisses draft report with 4 recommendations to protect journalists

A draft report by a Press Council of India member suggesting several measures for journalists has been rejected by the council’s chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai, saying that she is recording her “dissent” as she is “unable to concur with all observations and recommendations”.

Newslaundry

Abbott influences the global far right, AUKUS Forum courts Trump, Downer investigates cover-ups

Former sex addict Hillsong minster has a lot of friends in the Liberal Party, and Tony Abbott wins praise from a man (repeatedly) convicted of using a Nazi slogan.

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Sky News to abstain from Voice endorsement, as Nine papers back Yes

In this week’s Media Briefs, Sky News abstains from a Voice endorsement, Nine pumps up its own tires on the Olympics, and the Press Council rules against the Oz.

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The Australian ‘unfairly’ characterised Louise Milligan as lazy and deceitful: Press Council

The finding comes two years after Milligan first filed a complaint over the piece, which first ran on June 8 2021 in print and online.

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Not so gentle giants

All the major supermarket chains are accused of taking unauthorised deductions from suppliers’ invoices but Woolworths is the only one so far vowing to investigate the complaints, and hearings will begin in the Senate today on Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) regime.

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A neighbourhood 'war zone' and a garden-gate overdose sparked Judy Ryan's fight for Victoria's first safe injecting room

Most of us don’t have people overdosing on drugs in our front garden. Judy Ryan did. In July 2016, Ryan found a young man slumped at her gate: one of her “regulars”, who often injected drugs in or around her Richmond property.

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Was it ethical of News Corp to publish Brittany Higgins’ diary?

The private notes were never tabled in court so they must have been leaked to journalists by either the defence or the prosecution.

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Indonesia drafts law enabling media to receive payments from digital platforms for content

Indonesia is drafting a regulation allowing media outlets to receive payments from digital platforms or aggregators that carry their content, its Press Council said on Thursday.

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Journalist body calls for Media Council to replace ‘toothless’ Press Council and NBDSA

A statement issued yesterday by the Delhi Union of Journalists said a Media Council needs to be set up on a priority basis to replace “the toothless Press Council and the NBDSA which more than often is a prisoner of indecision.”

Newslaundry

Q+A moves back to Monday nights, ending speculation it might be axed

Schedule change restores ABC’s traditional Monday news and current affairs lineup. Plus, Rupert Murdoch to work from home

The Guardian - AU

The editors of News Corp’s new youth title have the hardest job in journalism

The Oz has the difficult task of trying to bridge the political and ideological divide between its conservative readership and younger readers.

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Top Newcastle haemophilia doctor 'was lying' in complaint about 1983 infected blood reporting says journalist

Journalist Sue Douglas said Dr Peter Jones had lied in a complaint made to the Press Council in 1983 - and she told the Infected Blood Inquiry Dr Jones had 'known there was a problem'.

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Steve Price’s article claiming ‘minority’ white male status prompts press council complaints

News Corp columnist framed himself as among a minority of white men who could no longer voice their opinion

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‘Why is the government so scared?’: Sarah Hanson-Young demands action on media diversity report

Two successive governments have not formally responded to the eight-month-old media diversity committee report.

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Why Kashmir’s journalists are worried about a ‘fifth column’ in their midst

Two months after the Kashmir Press Club’s “takeover” and subsequent closure in Srinagar, some journalists in Kashmir say a report by the Press Council of India has corroborated what they have alleged for a long time now – that they’re being targeted by fellow journalists for being “critical” of the…

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'Fear, intimidation, constant pressure': Press Council's fact-finding report on media in J&K

A fact-finding committee of the Press Council of India has stated that the business of news media has been "severely disrupted" in Jammu and Kashmir and that journalists are "constantly facing pressure both from government agencies and police as well as militants", the New Indian Express reported today.

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