http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/media Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:16 +0200 Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former UK minister says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/UK-politicians-media-had-incestuous-ties-20120516 Italian fashion firm Benetton is making a donation to a Catholic charity to end a legal dispute with the Vatican over an ad that showed Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the lips. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Vatican-Benetton-settle-pope-kiss-dispute-20120515 British prosecutors have accused former Rupert Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks and five others of obstructing justice in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Ex-Murdoch-editor-Brooks-charged-20120515 Newsweek has made no apologies for anointing Barack Obama as "the first gay president" on its cover this week, matching its rival Time in terms of online buzz. http://www.news24.com/World/News/First-gay-president-cover-stirs-buzz-20120514 A photojournalist from New Zealand who was arrested in Zimbabwe has been released and has spoken of the "hell" of spending 25 days in the country's jails. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/NZ-journalist-tells-of-horror-Zim-jail-20120513 An US mother shown breastfeeding her 3-year-old son on a controversial cover of Time magazine that has sparked a national debate about attachment parenting has defended the practice. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Time-cover-mom-defends-breastfeeding-20120511 Prime Minister David Cameron is among top politicians who sent sympathetic messages to Rebekah Brooks when she resigned as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper group, she says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Rebekah-Brooks-lays-bare-ties-to-UK-elite-20120511 The ANC's proposed amendments to the protection of state information bill appear to be a step in the right direction, but will be studied carefully, says the SA National Editors' Forum. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Mixed-response-to-info-bill-news-20120511 The ANC has moved to protect journalists and whistleblowers as part of a raft of proposed changes to the information bill. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Info-bill-Win-for-whistleblowers-as-ANC-backtracks-20120510 The Sunday Times must apologise for a column linking SA businessman Robert Gumede to election fraud in the Democratic Republic of Congo, deputy press ombudsman Johan Retief has ruled. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sunday-Times-must-apologise-for-column-20120510 The ruling party has bowed to pressure on the protection of state information bill, proposing a raft of changes that critics of the bill have demanded over the past two years. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/ANC-bows-to-pressure-over-info-bill-20120510 The Sunday Independent must apologise for two reports on expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, deputy press ombudsman has ruled. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Paper-must-apologise-for-Malema-reports-20120510 Police have beaten two journalists from Vietnamese state radio while they were covering the eviction of farmers from land slated for a housing project, the journalists and reports say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Vietnam-police-beat-reporters-20120509 China's expulsion of an American reporter working for the pan-Arab news network Al-Jazeera has drawn criticism from other journalists and the United States. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Chinas-expulsion-of-reporter-criticised-20120509 Work on the protection of state information bill has resumed, but was soon halted after Ruling party MPs said they were not ready yet for clause-by-clause deliberations on the draft act. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Slow-start-to-info-bill-talks-20120508 The Cape Town Press Club says some of its members are also ANC members, and previous speakers such as Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille haven't objected to politicians being present. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Cape-Town-Press-Club-has-ANC-members-20120508 The National Press Club has criticised ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu's "opportunistic" remarks about politicians being members of the club, saying he should have checked his facts. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/National-Press-Club-slams-ANC-over-spat-20120508 The Cape Town Press Club cannot be regarded as a neutral ground for parties that have no presence in the club, the ANC says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Press-Club-not-neutral-ground-ANC-20120507 The Cape Town Press Club will review its membership policy at an annual general meeting, vice-chairperson Brent Meersman says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cape-Town-Press-Club-to-review-policy-20120507 French media have saluted Francois Hollande's election as president, with left-wing newspapers unabashedly cheering the end of the Nicolas Sarkozy era. http://www.news24.com/World/News/French-media-salute-Francois-II-20120507