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Respect: Co-editors Anton Harber (behind) and Irwin Manoim haven’t changed (much) in the 40 years since they launched the Weekly Mail, when they were joined by a range of reprobates who believed in a cause. Photo: Weekly Mail
40TH ANNIVERSARY

Bitching and moaning. For a cause

This is an edited version of former co-editor Irwin Manoim’s speech delivered at a reunion of those who were there when the Weekly Mail, now the Mail & Guardian, was founded 40…

  • Irwin Manoim
7 min read
HQ: The Guptas’ London-based PR firm Bell Pottinger has polished the image of people like Chile’s Pinochet. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
ASTROTURFING

For whom the Bell tolls

The cautionary tale of Bell Pottinger reminds us of the role of journalism in a democracy and why we owe it to ourselves to be more responsible about the media we consume

  • Adrian Joseph
8 min read