E.tv's Marcel Golding has entered the fray of the whole brouhaha regarding the (in my opinion superly ill conceived, short sighted and lazy) South African Police Service (SAPS) who is upset and subpoenad e.tv's journalists to hand over information. This comes after eNews ran an insert on Friday about criminals who plan to perpetrate crime during the Soccer World Cup in June.
''Mpho Lakaje and Ben Said were simply doing their jobs as journalists,'' says e.tv group CEO, Marcel Golding, who I can tell you RARELY speak on the record and which means that he is VERY UPSET and SUPER PERTURBED by this.
''This type of story is not unusual and similar stories have been covered by other media, including respected international broadcasters,'' says Marcel Golding.
''The reaction against eNews from certain quarters has been unreasonable and disproportionate. eNews has a reputation for reporting stories without fear or favour – no matter how unpalatable such information may be. Moreover, eNews has consistently provided high profile coverage of SAPS successes in the fight against crime.''
My opinion: What I is why the SAPS can't do their OWN crime investigation? Are they so pathetic that they can't find these people they're looking for themselves and now has to rely on court orders to try and force journalists to reveal their sources? PLEASE! I HOPE not. I sincerely HOPE the SAPS back off and leave the eNews journalists (and journalists everywhere ALONE to do their jobs and then go and do theirs which is to actually fight crime).
