Press Ombudsman Thloloe Refuses English Media Bias on Reits Appeal Articles Complaint as Spam

From: Joe Thloloe, Press Ombudsman
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:15 AM
To: Lara Johnstone
Cc: Khanyi Mndaweni; Johan Retief, Dep. Press Ombudsman
Subject: Re: Press Ombudsman: Complaint: SAPA: [1.1, 1.2] Reits Four Sentences Reduced

Dear Ms Johnson,

You will not be getting a response from this office - you take up the space and time of people who use this system for legitimate complaints.

You are not one of them.

I've previously asked you to stop sending your spam to this office and you continue to do so. Please desist.

Regards,

Joe Thloloe.


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From: Lara Johnstone
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:53 AM
To: Press Ombudsman: Joe Thloloe
Cc: Khanyi Mndaweni; Johan Retief, Dep. Ombudsman
Subject: Press Ombudsman: Complaint: SAPA: [1.1, 1.2] Reits Four Sentences Reduced

Press Ombudsman,

I have had no response to complaint filed on 24 June from the Press Ombudsman's office.

Lara Johnstone

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From: Lara Johnstone
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 4:08 PM
To: Press Ombudsman: Joe Thloloe
Cc: Khanyi Mndaweni; Johan Retief, Dep. Ombudsman
Subject: Press Ombudsman: Complaint: SAPA: [1.1, 1.2] Reits Four
Sentences Reduced

Re: Complaint: SAPA, News 24, Sowetan, Mail & Guardian, Timeslive, IOL: Reits Four Sentences Reduced.

24 June 2011

Press Ombudsman,

COMPLAINT: Violation of SANEF Press Code of Conduct: 1.1, 1.2.

1.1 The press shall be obliged to report news truthfully, accurately and fairly.
1.2 News shall be presented in context and in a balanced manner, without an intentional or negligent departure from the facts whether by:
1.2.1 distortion, exaggeration or misrepresentation;
1.2.2 material omissions; or
1.2.3 summarisation.

Articles: SAPA: Reits Four Sentences Reduced, republished in News 24, Sowetan, Mail and Guardian, TimesLive, IOL.

Lara Johnstone
Radical Honesty SA

Complaint to Press Ombudsman: SAPA, News 24, Sowetan, Mail & Guardian, Timeslive, IOL: Reits Four Sentences Reduced.

24 June 2011

Press Ombudsman,

COMPLAINT: Violation of SANEF Press Code of Conduct: 1.1, 1.2.

1.1 The press shall be obliged to report news truthfully, accurately and fairly.
1.2 News shall be presented in context and in a balanced manner, without an intentional or negligent departure from the facts whether by:
1.2.1 distortion, exaggeration or misrepresentation;
1.2.2 material omissions; or
1.2.3 summarisation.

Articles: SAPA: Reits Four Sentences Reduced, republished in News 24, Sowetan, Mail and Guardian, TimesLive, IOL.

The SAPA article’s totally fail to mention the reasons the Justice’s gave for their decision to reduce the Reits Four sentences, which Volkblad did mention:

Judge Rampai said in the Appeal Judgement that the Magistrate did not distinguish between the personal circumstances of the accused. The Magistrate also sentenced them as if they had committed crimen injuria against black people in general, and particularly the students and staff of the University of the Free State. The Magistrate approached his sentencing on a faulty foundation. The accused only admitted guilt against the five plaintiffs.

Judge Rampai also said that he is convinced that the script in the video that looks as if one of the four students urinated into the food, was simply acting, and that no urination had really occurred.

Furthermore he is convinced that the four women cleaners and the man were acting in the video, and that they did not digest the food, and were simply acting as if they were vomiting.

The importance hereof is that the moral blame of the criminal conduct of the accused is reduced. The seriousness of the insult to their dignity was really nowhere as great and upsetting as it was perceived and thought to be.

He said the Magistrate made conscious misstatements about the nature and seriousness of the crime at sentencing.

Respectfully,

Lara Johnstone
Radical Honesty SA

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