Britain’s Labour leader represents ‘a new kind of politics’ of the left that holds electoral appeal
Like any indie movement facing commercial success, the festival needs to hold on to its soul
Any casual observer would conclude that the country politics mostly revolves around Julius Malema.
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/ 3 November 2008
In 1990, a few months after his release from jail, Nelson Mandela toured the United States and helped cement Americans’ popular associations with SA.
Experience of low power FM technology in the United States could show the way for greater media diversity in South Africa. Sean Jacobs reports.
Does black-owned media in the US offer better coverage of minority issues than its mainstream counterparts? Sean Jacobs says not, which explains why shaking up the racial make-up of South African journalism is not enough.
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/ 21 February 2006
In a look back at media coverage of the Cape’s "Manenberg Tornado", Sean Jacobs remembers that the local press can be as dismissive of citizens’ socio-economic right as US media were during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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/ 16 January 2006
<i>New York Times</i> reporter Judith Miller abetted the illegal activities of White House officials in a campaign to smear a whistle-blower. Sean Jacobs writes that her jail sentence was more a statement on the sorry state of journalism than a heroic protection of her sources.
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/ 7 December 2005
Was Hurricane Katrina a "perfect storm" for the US mainstream media or signs of a sea change in the country’s journalism? Sean Jacobs considers the coverage.
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/ 2 November 2005
US consumers see political campaigns as no different to any other product-based advert, so the last three years has seen the emergence of new media forms that challenge the inclination to tune out. Sean Jacobs reflects on the successes.