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The propaganda horror of hostages
The Zionist state of Israel has illegally imprisoned thousands of men, women and chidren, often in the most appalling conditions, for many years. That is a simple, largely ignored reality that deeply concerned me when the term “hostage” was weaponised after October 7 and disseminated as such by much of the global media. Because a […]
The Guernica of Israel’s war of extermination
July 13, 2025
Pablo Picasso painted his famous picture in response to the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica on April 26, 1937. We now have a modern filmed version from Gaza. This report by Gideon Levy, in Haaretz, July 13, 2025 First, you hear the screams, the kind that makes your blood run cold. The camera […]
Journalism & the media: time to be afraid, very afraid
December 2, 2019
Honest, evidence-based journalism is under increasing pressure, especially with so many media outlets compromised or captured. South African provides classic examples and reasons why fulsome support should be given to the fight for continued — and expanded — access to information.
Iqbal Survé: a fantasist lashes out again
August 4, 2017
That “other Mandela doctor” — putative media tycoon Iqbal Survé — is at it again. Survé who once professed to have been the personal physician to Nelson Mandela, surfaced with another diatribe last week which did nothing to answer the questions about his various fantastic claims to fame and fortune.
The need for responsible journalism
January 5, 2017
As 2017 gets underway, there is, as perhaps never before, the need for responsible journalism; journalism that presents the facts and seeks out the truth; journalism on which the public at large can rely and that reveals, without fear or favour, verified and verifiable information that is in the public interest.
A journalistic travesty by Independent Media
August 25, 2016
A proclaimed expose about a “dirty tricks campaign” against Independent News Media South Africa and its putative owner, Iqbal Survé, published this week, was a journalistic travesty. It amounted to sloppy and racist propaganda.
Ripping good reasons for an independent media
July 13, 2012
An free and unfettered media provides the only antidote to propaganda serving narrow political and corporate agendas. This issue has become highly pertinent as the Irish-owned Independent News Media group in South Africa comes up for sale.
Terry Bell Writes 
October 23, 2025
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