The FF Plus is grateful that reason and sound judgement prevailed in Media24’s decision not to lay off any newspaper journalists as part of the group’s planned restructuring.
Without experienced and seasoned journalists, the search for truth and the disclosure of irregularities will inevitably dwindle.
One cannot put a price on accurate and credible information in a time where fast-growing information technology floods the world and there is a growing gap between truth and fiction.
In this chaotic explosion of information where people often value posts on social media platforms, such as Facebook and X, more than reported facts, retaining and protecting professionals who pursue the truth has become critically important.
The same goes for conserving formal companies that cherish and protect this dwindling expertise.
The information future lies ahead, but the world already has an idea of what it entails.
So, everyone who starts their day by reading or hearing news in some or other form must find it absolutely credible. Without it, everyone will be in the dark and social media will increasingly become an apparently credible source of information. That should not happen.Without it, everyone will be in the dark and social media will increasingly become an apparently credible source of information. That should not happen.
Media24’s decision to retain the journalists, despite the closure of printed newspapers, such as Rapport, City Press and Daily Sun, was the right decision; even though it took much public pressure to take this decision.
