Op-Ed: Covering Julius Malema and the EFF: It’s not an obsession, it’s good journalism

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Op-Ed: Covering Julius Malema and the EFF: It’s not an obsession, it’s good journalism By Ismail Lagardien

It was a bad judgment call. It was something that matters as much as anything as far as news judgment, andSouth African newspapers cannot afford the luxury of defanging political parties that threaten warfare, bloodshed and vengefulness. South Africa is a democratic country with one of the best constitutions in the world. There are established legal passages open to effect changes in society.

The EFF arrived on the political scene in bright colours, a lot of noise, and dressed in workers’ clothing. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that it has attracted attention at this level of spectacle. The romance and celebration of its spectacle should not cloud intellectual integrity on the part of individual journalists, or the media, in general.

On the face of things, this is no different from CEOs spending a night on the streets with homeless people. The CEOs have the privilege of going back to their material luxuries the next day. In both cases, solidarity has turned into spectacle and farce. Good journalism cannot ignore these critical observations.and para-militarism, infused with rhetoric of revolution and bloodshed. The politics of revenge is at the base of EFF policies.

 

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