[As if The Daily Despatch or anyone else is “neutral” and “objective”. There’s no such thing. You’re not neutral at all. You have your angle – and I have mine. At least… I am OPEN about which side I’m on instead of skulking around pretending to be “objective” when in fact… nobody is.

I see nothing wrong with having a point of view and being open about it. Everybody on the political centre and political left have their views – so why can’t I have mine? Jan]

The following comment comes from someone at: http://www.dispatch.co.za/

After reading your ‘articles’ on this website I was horrified that you even decided to title it “Africa’s Premier Hard News”. Journalism is about being objective and it’s clear which side of the coin you are on.
All I can say is if you are so appalled by the government of this country (SA) or the continent itself then leave. People like you do more damage than good.

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Thanks Bonita, for your comments. I will forward this to Jan. I think he will be happy to hear that his message is coming across. The AC site has a huge archive with many, many news stories plus commentary and you might one day find that useful in your work.

If you are saying that news in SA is not bias, then I would say you have a very unique situation there. Here in the States, one needs NO HELP in determining what position any given publication has chosen to defend. Let me know how you were able to achieve that walk down the the middle of the road.
Regards,
JoAn