TOM EATON | And the category is: best use of media to discredit itself
International award shortlists Independent Media for the bogus Tembisa 10 story ... with a straight face, what’s more
06 April 2022 - 20:13
I try to defend journalism as much as I can, but damn, sometimes the media makes it hard. Exhibit A: the fact that a documentary produced by Iqbal Survé’s fiction factory, featuring the nonexistent decuplets, is in line to win an international journalism award...
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