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Defend Truth

William Bird

William Bird is the director of Media Monitoring Africa, Ashoka and a Linc Fellow.

Latest Work

Op-Ed: Time to make noise about SABC's caller ban

2 March 2016

Op-Ed: Time to make noise about SABC's caller ban

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22 January 2016

Op-Ed: An Open Letter to Sky News

7 min

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Op-Ed: We need to start hearing the silent 35%

3 December 2015

Op-Ed: We need to start hearing the silent 35%

5 min

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William Bird

24 November 2015

When is gossip news, and news gossip? This is the question.

3 min

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William Bird

19 October 2015

Media Appeals Tribunal: Telling the wrong story

7 min

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William Bird

6 October 2015

SABC-MultiChoice deal is effectively a merger

7 min

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William Bird

6 September 2015

Media debate: Time to ditch generalisations and ask hard questions

11 min

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William Bird

24 April 2015

A violent ethical dilemma

6 min

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William Bird

3 November 2014

The e.tv crisis: What must be done?

5 min

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William Bird

15 July 2014

The SABC crisis and the real questions we must ask

3 min

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William Bird

18 February 2013

Sexwale divorce: The naming of names is a difficult matter

9 min

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