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The 2010 story no one tells

By 6000 | 6000 | October 6, 2008

I was delighted to read Luke Alfred’s inspired and inspiring piece on the South African media’s view of the 2010 World Cup in yesterday’s Sunday Times, not least because it neatly sums up a lot of stuff that I’ve been moaning about for ages. You may have noticed that when it comes to the 2010 Soccer World [...]

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Sensationalist reporting is back!

By 6000 | 6000 | May 14, 2008

Today’s Cape Times runs a front page story on the a problem which put the Table Mountain Cableway out of action for a whole 35 (thirty-five) minutes yesterday afternoon. Woo. [link] Yet, despite the fact that there were a total of no injuries, no snapped cables, no plunging tourists, merely a blown fuse, we get 1000 words [...]

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Tourists not eaten by sharks

By 6000 | 6000 | April 14, 2008

Three tourists who drowned when the shark-cage diving boat they were on capsized off Gansbaai were not eaten by sharks, much to the disappointment of the South African media. This unfortunate lack of an incident turned this potentially sensational and tourism-damaging crowd-puller into no more than a run-of-the-mill tragic accident story.  Chairperson of the Great White [...]

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