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Dion R

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29 Apr 2015, 23:46

Blocking fair comment

I am a subscriber to Netwerk24, a subsidiary digital news service of Media24. The news service is busy with a campaign to support efforts by inimical forces in respect of the Potchefstroom campus of the North West University. It includes major attempts to discredit the Afrikaans speaking students on the campus. The activities of the individuals and the ANC government who is hell bent on destroying the character of the PUK get massive exposure whilst opponents gets no or very little exposure. The Editor of the Beeld newspaper is heavily criticised for his attitude and campaign by a major portion of the commenting subscribers to the Disqus comment service. Not getting any response from the newspaper and its editor to the strong opposition to its campaign, I have resorted to satire to move the powers concerned to some response to the various criticisms. Inter alia I referred to Adriaan Basson, the Editor, as Mr Basoon being a wind drive instrument with a big mouth. This suppression of my constitutional rights to comment, I have tried to get the newspaper to actually inform me of the reasons for the blocking of my comments, with no response.

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