Are the media allergic to constructive critical examination of their conduct?

Tweets: ‘Woman wants editors in Concourt over Censorship’

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In What some media don’t want you to think about, Christi van der Westhuizen writes:

I recently resigned as monthly columnist at Media24’s daily newspapers after one of my columns was censured. The offence that led to the censorship? As a proponent of the position that the media’s allergic reaction to self-criticism is to its own detriment, I had dared to do exactly that: employ critical examination of the media.

The following tweets are responses to:

• News 24: Woman wants editors in ConCourt over censorship (‘Conspiracy of Silence as David v. Goliath in Concourt: CCT #06-11 Blacklisted by SA Media’ Email to SA Legal Fraternity drives SAPA to Action), and
  
• The South African: SA citizen challenges Dewani extradition (‘SA citizens - SA legal system is corrupt - Amicus challenge to Dewani extradition’ - The South African)
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