'Nothing nefarious': Editors weigh in on WhatsApp group disinformation campaign

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The SA National Editors' Forum said on Tuesday that there was 'nothing nefarious or underhanded' about the now-controversial ThumaMina media WhatsApp group.

“According to information in Sanef's possession, the group comprised a wide range of journalists from most media houses and it is purely used to share government information and press statements. It is one of the hundreds of WhatsApp groups that the government, political parties and private organisations use to disseminate information to journalists.

“There is nothing nefarious or underhanded about the group and Sanef calls on those spreading disinformation about journalists to cease doing so,” the statement read. On Monday the EFF said the WhatsApp group was evidence of its claims that certain journalists were “politicians operating under the mandate of the ruling party”.

“The EFF has once again been proven correct in its analysis, that there is a cabal of journalists in this country whose sole purpose is to vilify all those who oppose the neoliberal regime of Cyril Ramaphosa and Pravin Gordhan,” the statement read. It added that members of Sanef were also in the group, saying the forum had “militarised the media into a weapon of the state”.

 

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You are all part of corrupt journalists called ThumaMinameda group fokof

🤣 🤣 🤣 U are part of it, why should we believe you

Obviously they'd say that. One day we will see the CR17BankStatements and it will all make sense why they said that.

SANEF are thugs too

They are part of Cyril puppets all of them

What is SA National Editors Forum ,rubbish cabal of Thumamina project

Nonsense.. SANEF is useless like used condoms.

Imagine if this was “RET Media Group”

If it was still JZ the noise was going to be louder .Also Sanef is part of that arrangement

SANEF is useless and not independent as it supposed to

Nonsensical explanations once again. Yesterday it was for Khatrada’s funeral, now they changing the tune!

We are not surprised by them anyway. They are all engaging in Thuma mina media group

U spinning it around to defend the puppets journalists Stop lying to us There is no disinformation except what u reporting now.. We not stupid U are caught and u can lie to many but not all of us

Ok

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SANEF is part of that ThumaMina cabal so I wouldn't expect any objectivity from them regarding the matter.

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As expected. Even the Name of the group says nothing?

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