Medialternatives

Brown-envelope journalism rife at Independent

davidrobertlewis — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:26:43 +0000

Revelations that journalists at the Argus and Cape Times accepted money in exchange for influence have rocked the media over the past week. Being paid cash “in brown envelopes” to write and influence news stories for political ends is really just the tip of the iceberg. The international media group has a serious problem with [...]

Israelistine – is a three state solution possible?

davidrobertlewis — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:27:27 +0000

It strikes me there is something pitiful about the two-state tango in which both Palestine and Israel are caught in an existential embrace from which neither country can extricate itself. Sure, recognition of a Jewish State contingent on there being a democratic Palestine in which human rights are preserved. But this leaves out an important third [...]

Godsell is looting South African energy sector

davidrobertlewis — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:29:21 +0000

The arguments given by Eskom CEO Bobby Godsell for increasing tariffs are an insult to the intelligence of consumers. The former mining boss is quoted by Bloomberg as saying “South Africa needs to set electricity prices at levels that will attract companies into the industry and encourage funding for necessary expansion by the utility.” In [...]

Tony Weaver you are a disgrace to the human race

davidrobertlewis — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:29:50 +0000

Tony Weaver who epitomises the macho gun-slinging war correspondent, now wants to ingratiate himself with the End Conscription Campaign and its 25th Anniversary celebration. In a recent column in the neo-con daily Cape Times, Weaver relates his military career in the apartheid war machine. Listing several occasions in which he served in the same military [...]

Send International Space Station to Mars

davidrobertlewis — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:50:24 +0000

With all this talk about the recent discovery of water on the Moon, and now Mars it seems a new age of space exploration is upon us. Could the International Space Station be the answer to the USA failed Constellation programme? Sending a self-contained habitat to the distant shores of a new world, where sufficient [...]

Another war in the Middle East, you kidding me!

davidrobertlewis — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:50:20 +0000

Here are 10 ways to stop the war in the Middle East. Hope you enjoy them. 1. Send everyone to Sweden, where the girls are easy and nobody has to worry about not being good looking. 2. Turn the map upside down, that way the Middle East will no longer be in the Middle East. 3. Convert Jews, [...]

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a true post-modernist, or just crazy?

davidrobertlewis — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:45:23 +0000

Been thinking about the problem with Mahmoud. Perhaps we should be putting up “I love Mahmoud Ahmadinejad” signs and calling for him to surrender to the infinite virtue and forgiveness of the universe. Then when he’s not looking, pack him off to the funny farm? Not only does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad think that he is GOD, he [...]

Payments to disgraced INM board member under scrutiny

davidrobertlewis — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:30:51 +0000

One can only wonder if the threatened closure of the London Independent newspapers, is a ruse to deflect attention away from a scandal involving non-executive director Brian Mulroney? Readers will remember that Independent, which publishes South Africa’s Star and Cape Argus, is in the process of being restructured amidst a controversy which refuses to go [...]

Charge Ahmadinejad with hate crimes.

davidrobertlewis — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:35:12 +0000

Ahmadinejad remarks on Friday about the Holocaust brought swift reaction from European neighbours: “With his intolerable tirades he is a disgrace to his country. This sheer anti-Semitism demands our collective condemnation. We will continue to confront it decisively in the future,” said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Denying the Holocaust – carried out by [...]

1989 Peace March: apartheid revisionism or memory playing tricks?

davidrobertlewis — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:35:07 +0000

For Desmond Tutu, the 1989 Peace March was a “tipping point”, for Allan Boesak, it “wasn’t about getting permission, it was about marching for peace come what may”. Those who were in the front of the 30 000 gathering which became the last “illegal march” under apartheid, at least in the minds of the majority [...]