Mr. Collins Chabane: Evidence of SANEF Media Mafia Bias and Censorship Behaviour

Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:45 PM
Subject: Prof. A. Harber, Min. C. Chabane & Mr. J. Manyi: Req. Response from SANEF to Media Mafia Bias Evidence

TO: Prof. Anton Harber, Media Critic (sic)
TO: Minister Collins Chabane
TO: Mr. Jimmy Manyi, c/o Black Management Forum
TO: Mr. Mondli Makhanya, SANEF

Req. SA Media Critics (sic) provide Mr. Collins Chabane an official response in Meeting with Mr. Manyi, to Radical Honesty SA Evidence of SANEF Media Mafia Bias and Censorship Behaviour.

CC: SANEF, Mr. Manyi, Min. Collins Chabane

Dear Prof. Harber,

I was most surprised to read your statement to Mr. Manyi, the CEO of GCSI to “Stop being a media critic, because that is no way to build working relationships with journalists.”


Working Relationships with Psychological Infant Journalists and Editors:

It is my understanding that any individual who considers themselves psychologically mature; is aware of the importance of constructive criticism to a professional working relationship. Any relationship founded on the parties being capable of sharing and hearing each other’s constructive criticism, and seriously enquiring into its evidentiary arguments; is a working relationship that can only grow stronger and stronger, as each party is provided the opportunity to receive information about its blindspots, and to fix those blindspots.

Active Listening and Constructive Criticism: Blogger’s Professional Response

I write a blog: Why We Are White Refugees.

In early 2010 I was contacted by another blogger, who shared with me some photos of farm murders, he said had been provided to him by a policeman friend of his. He asked that we publish the photos. I published the photos and also sent them to numerous politicians etc; including to Mr. Malema at the ANC. A few days later, I got an anonymous tip that one of the photos was fake. I investigated and found out that the tip was correct, and in fact four of the thirteen alleged farm murder photos were not South African crime scene photos, but foreign. I published a retraction and wrote an individual letter of apology to every single person and politician to whom I had sent the original photos.

Nobody had to go to an Ombudsman to file a complaint against me. All it required was for them to inform me of the error, and evidence where I could prove I had erred. Once it was clear to me I had made an error; I considered it my honour and duty and responsibility to publish a retraction and apology. I did not require someone to force me to do the right thing. I do not publish erroneous facts. If I am informed any alleged fact I have published is false, I consider it my duty as an honourable human being to correct such error.

I wrote letters of apology and retraction, and published these letters of apology and retraction to:

1. SA Students Congress, Mandela Rhodes Foundation, ANC Youth League; RE: Reitz 4 & Black Culture...;
   
2. Irish Embassy, Jefferson Family & Independent Newspapers; RE: Boycott 2010 World Cup;
   
3. Austrian Embassy, Burgstaller & Symcox Families; RE: Boycott 2010 World Cup;
   
4. PC Canada vs. IRB & Huntley: How many SA Black on White Crimes are Racially Motivated?;
   
5. Cape Bar & Intn'l Bar Assoc: Pro Bono Comm's: RE: Freedom of Speech Political and Cultural Rights, or Secession?; Constitutional, & Intn'l Law Issues.

Excerpts from PDF letter.

Respectfully,

Lara Johnstone
Radical Honesty SA

Encl. Excerpts from Founding Affidavit of Lara Johnstone, Member of Radical Honesty culture; in Application for Direct Access for a Writ of Habeus Mentem (CCT 06-11).

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