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Lingering Legacy: Apartheid and the South African Press

Lyn S. Graybill

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All the [South African] media—with the exception of the alternative press—violated the public's basic right to information on what had been done on their behalf in the name of apartheid. … By keeping the public in the dark, they contributed to a climate in which human rights abuses against blacks could and did prevail.

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All the [South African] media—with the exception of the alternative press—violated the public's basic right to information on what had been done on their behalf in the name of apartheid. … By keeping the public in the dark, they contributed to a climate in which human rights abuses against blacks could and did prevail.

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All the [South African] media—with the exception of the alternative press—violated the public's basic right to information on what had been done on their behalf in the name of apartheid. … By keeping the public in the dark, they contributed to a climate in which human rights abuses against blacks could and did prevail.

Key concepts: Human rights, Political science, Public discourse, Law, Media studies, Sociology, Politics

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