Media 24 an Epitome of Poor Journalism
16 May 2018
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is yet again disappointed at shoddy journalism by members of the Media 24 group, one of the largest media groups in the country whom one would assume they are credible however the opposite is the truth.
A few weeks ago City Press, owned by Media 24 concocted and manufactured fake news about the union and VBS bank. Today we learn of another incident, this time by News 24, also owned by Media 24 that the union is failing to pay rent, telephone lines and pay its website. What the journalist, Amanda Khoza fails to mention in this latest unwarranted vile attack on the union is which offices is she referring to which have not been paid.
Amanda Khoza also alleges that the telephone lines has also not been paid however further proceeds to report that she called the numbers and there was no answer. Logically when a person calls and there is no response on the other line, that person leaves a message yet in Amanda Khoza’s farfetched imagination, phones rigging without an answer means that services have been disconnected due to nonpayment. The reality of the matter is that our telephone lines are operational and Khoza’s call could not be answered as there was an urgent staff meeting yesterday.
Khoza further reports that the union website is down as a result of nonpayment. What is worrying to us and also an indication of poor journalism is that Khoza ha not bothered to get comment from the union’s General Secretary, his deputy or the Spokesperson as they would have clarified any queries which she may have had. Had Khoza bothered to contact these people they would have told her that the union’s new website is under construction and should be launched in less than a week.