The Media Hackers Ball

Media Jujitsu from South Africa and the rest of the Universe.

Monday, June 26, 2006

NASPERS: The relativity of prejudice?

Would you spike a story about a jazz musician from Athlone, in a community paper serving the area, on the basis that he performed in a club of ill-repute? Nobody is going to accept the views of Naspers on this matter.

Would you inflame Muslim views simply because your consider Islamic art to be inferior to Christian art? Nobody is going to accept the views of Naspers on this matter ever again.

Would you sweep the history of slavery and apartheid under the carpet in the interests of national reconciliation? Naspers did, and now nobody is ever going to believe them, ever again.

I'm not going to stop until the company apologises for its complicity in apartheid and its policy towards different faiths, people of colour and freedom of speech.

The petition is global, and people are already starting to ask questions.

As for other media houses -- get your house in order, because there is more shit coming this way.

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