A free press?
Peter H.M. Brooks
talking about 'possible' violence. You'd think it was just a little
storm in a teacup:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080514193037513C530862
Here's a typical article from the UK press. It reports torture and
wide-spread extreme state orchestrated violence:
You'd never believe they were reporting about the same place.
In the depths of Apartheid there was still some attempt to keep a free
press. I thought that quite a good thing.
Moira de Swardt
wrote:
> Here's a typical South African report on Zimbabwe. All guarded,
> talking about 'possible' violence. You'd think it was just a little
> storm in a teacup:
> http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080514...
> Here's a typical article from the UK press. It reports torture and
> wide-spread extreme state orchestrated violence:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbab...
>
> You'd never believe they were reporting about the same place.
> In the depths of Apartheid there was still some attempt to keep a free
> press. I thought that quite a good thing.
Indeed, you are correct. However, one small thing differs, and that
is the fact that we now have relatively easy access to international
news. This does help us keep our balance.
The thing which is puzzling me at the moment is the xenophobic
violence in Alex (which is spreading). I was at a dinner party last
night at which about a third of the people were Jewish. Not one of
them questioned this behaviour as being similar to the anti-Jewish
violence which continually erupted in the pre-war years in Germany.
I, on the other hand, am even more concerned about this than I am
about Zimbabwe, and that is very concerned indeed.
Peter H.M. Brooks
Germany, I agree.