Tag Archives: sensationalist media

Danger From Above!

By 6000 | 6000 | April 16, 2012

Page 4 of today’s Cape Times warns of dangers from above which may threaten your safety in and around the Mother City. First up is the hot air balloon crash at Beyerskloof vineyards in the Cape Winelands on Saturday – witnessed by none other than Beyerskloof supremo Beyers Truter: The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating [...]

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Aciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid!

By 6000 | 6000 | October 5, 2010

Hysterical British Tabloid Reporting (HBTR) returns to South Africa, a few months after comprehensively failing to derail the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This from Sky News: This isn’t anything new. These stories hit the SA newspapers months ago. But the Chernobyl link is nice – it’s obvious that they’ve had to think about things for [...]

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Seen it all before

By 6000 | 6000 | July 15, 2010

One of the biggest eye-openers you can have is seeing a story in the press which you have personal knowledge of. When you read the article, you can marvel at just how inaccurate and mis-representative the reporter or journalist is being. Applying this new-found enlightenment to other stories in the media can lead to chronic cynicism when [...]

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Lineker quits Mail on Sunday

By 6000 | 6000 | May 20, 2010

Former England footballer and (now former) Mail on Sunday columnist Gary Lineker has quit the newspaper over its “very damaging” entrapment story on (now former) head of the (now former) England 2018 World Cup bid Lord Triesman. His article appealed to the media to stop running negative stories that could hamper England’s chances of hosting the [...]

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Reuters joins the bandwagon

By 6000 | 6000 | May 5, 2010

Oh PLEASE! Tourists in South Africa including soccer fans heading to the World Cup must guard against mosquito bites and avoid contact with raw meat due to an outbreak of Rift Valley fever, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Many tourists visit South Africa’s game parks and the WHO warned visitors to avoid contact [...]

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