The relationship between the media houses, and among journalists, the world over, is an interesting and complex one. On paper, they are colleagues who individually and collectively serve the public’s right to know and hold the powerful to account, as self-confessed members of the fourth estate. But, in reality, media houses and their journalists are bitter competitors and rivals who fight for scoops, adverts and the coveted prize of being the most trusted and reliable source of information.
It’s in this context that the sustained and public attacks on Independent Media and its owner, Dr Iqbal Survé, should be understood - in particular, the posture and tone of some commentators and journalists, mainly former employees and those from rival media companies. They include Ferial Haffajee, Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya, Alide Dasnois, Chris Whitfield, Dougie Oakes, Peter Bruce, Sam Sole and many others.
They mainly work for Indy’s rivals; Media24, Arena Holdings , Daily Maverick, Mail & Guardian and Amabhungane. Their egregious claims and wilful snipes have ranged from blatant mistruths, deliberate falsehoods and co-ordinated smear campaigns to selective amnesia.
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