Editors: State control of media not the way to go

Editors from SA's biggest newspapers want the industry to be self-regulated and are opposed to state control, saying that it not in the interests free speech or democracy, reports Business Day.

3 Feb 2012

The editors were giving their views on the second day of the Press Freedom Commission's hearings into media regulation in Johannesburg.

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