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ANCYL: 'Press Ombudsman 'toothless, pathetically useless'
NEWSWATCH: The league is a bit miffed after the ombudsman refused its request to investigate the "wrong quotations The Star newspaper published on the 29th of March 2011" and therefore quickly reverted to type, with a string of insults, reports Politicsweb. Meanwhile, if you're a South African reporter, being insulted while dealing with the ANCYL is just one of the hazards of the job, reports the Mail & Guardian, which also reports on the personal attack the league made on the journo who is suing it.
For more:
- Politics Web: Press ombudsman refuses to investigate Star/Daily Sun - ANCYL... About the only thing it doesn't seem to want investigated is ... well, not much. However, since the ombudsman has declined to investigate, the ANCYL has said it's "not shocked" and then trotted out the insults, including "the Press Ombudsman is not only toothless, but pathetically useless". The league also mentions something called "cat-justice" - whatever that might be.
- Mail & Guardian: Youth league's bitchin' PR... The press ombudsman can join the club... A quick read of Mandy de Waal's recent article in the M&G presents more than enough evidence that, while the ANCYL might be considered by many to be breathtakingly useless at just about anything, one thing that it does try hard to be good at is insulting just about every reporter it encounters. From "bloody agent" and "drunkard journalist" (this addressed to a Muslim, nogal) to Floyd Shivambu telling a female journalist that that "I wouldn't want to earn respect from white bitches... So dream on." Nice.
- Mail & Guardian: ANCYL fires broadside at journalist... According to them, Carien du Plessis is a liar "with tendencies" - whatever that might be. We wonder if anyone has tried telling these intellectual giants that when you're in a hole, it's a good idea to stop digging? This is going to be quite a court case.
See also:
- Daily Maverick: The Star and Malema: Playing word games can be deadly by Khadija Patel
Last updated at 12.37pm on 5 April 2011.
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