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    TNA - really pro-ANC?

    NEWSWATCH: Rebecca Davis, writing in Daily Maverick, tries reading The New Age and asks whether it really is pro-ANC. Meanwhile, it appears there's no hassle for MTN after Lord Hoffman cleared the company over the Iran deal, reports Politics Web; mobile provider Turkcell and its subsidiary, East Asian Consortium (EAC), had lodged a claim against MTN.
    Rod BakerBy Rod Baker
    4 Feb 2013
    TNA - really pro-ANC?

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    • Daily Maverick: Is The New Age's coverage really pro-ANC? Davis took what Daily Maverick describes as the "revolutionary step of actually reading The New Age" to see whether, in her estimation, claims of bias are justified. And her verdict is...
    • Politics Web: Lord Hoffman clears MTN over Iran deal - MTN... Turkcell lost out to MTN in its bid to the 2nd GSM Licence in Iran during 2005. So it accused MTN of a number of dodgy dealings. Now Lord Hoffman's committee has found Turkcell's allegations to be "a fabric of lies, distortions and inventions".

      It remains to be see whether Turkcell accepts the findings or not. Don't be surprised if the latter applies.
    Read more: biased reporting, The New Age, Turkcell, bias
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    About Rod Baker

    Rod Baker is Content Director at Bizcommunity.com. A journalist since before computers, he worked on a wide range of magazines and, in his youth, rose through the ranks from being a lowly and abused sub-editor, to a high and still abused editor and publisher. He has been editor and publisher of a number of magazines, as well as a newspaper. He has edited many books, and written a number too. Email him at moc.ytinummoczib@dor.
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