Cultural studies versus journalism

Abstract

Over the last two years, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission has investigated the nature of apartheid in that country. One thing that emerged clearly from the commission's hearings was the failure of many white South African journalists to report accurately on the events of the apartheid era. Several journalists themselves acknowledged during questioning that their reporting had long been complicit with the political agenda of the white supremacist government and had been neither truthful nor objective. They emphasised that this had not been forced upon them by any apartheid legislation. Instead, they had shared the ideology of the regime and had needed no prompting by the law, by the state, or even by their employers, to take the line they did.

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