The War of The Words - all 6,400 of them (and counting)

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• Daily Maverick: Writing truth to (all forms of) power... Vukani Mde takes issue with Marianne Thamm's column "True Colours Shining Through: Should journalists be draping themselves in party political colours?" and refers to what he calls the "White internet", leading Ferial Haffajee to ask... White Internet? WTF?.

• However, there's more... as reported by Politicsweb as Independent Media: the Iqbal-ites strike back when Karima Brown, Vukani Mde and Gasant Abarder respond to criticism of the new editorial guard at the group
  "In a series of letters and articles", reports Politicsweb, "the new editorial guard at the Iqbal Survé-owned Independent Media group have struck back at their critics. This follows allegations, from various fronts, of the group's subservience to the African National Congress of President Jacob Zuma".