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Defend Truth

William Bird

William Bird is the director of Media Monitoring Africa, Ashoka and a Linc Fellow.

Latest Work

Ramping up the vamp — when the media reports on a child model at New York Fashion Week while ignoring the core issues

UNCRITICAL GAZE OP-ED

12 September 2022

Ramping up the vamp — when the media reports on a child model at New York Fashion Week while ignoring the core issues

4 min

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South Africa’s great analogue to digital migration seems elusive

OP-ED: SCRAMBLING FOR SPECTRUM

12 October 2021

South Africa’s great analogue to digital migration seems elusive

8 min

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Disinformation in a time of Covid-19: Weekly Trends in South Africa

11 July 2021

Disinformation in a time of Covid-19: Weekly Trends in South Africa

9 min

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William Bird

8 July 2021

South Africa must speak out about attacks on its journalists in Eswatini

4 min

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Jacques Pauw didn’t merely ruin his reputation – he dealt another blow to media credibility

17 February 2021

Jacques Pauw didn’t merely ruin his reputation – he dealt another blow to media credibility

4 min

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Disinformation in a time of Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa

25 October 2020

Disinformation in a time of Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa

4 min

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Disinformation amid Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa

22 June 2020

Disinformation amid Covid-19: Weekly trends in South Africa

5 min

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William Bird

12 November 2019

A real reason for the powerful to fight disinformation

3 min

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William Bird

23 August 2019

SABC bailout: What bailout?

7 min

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William Bird

14 July 2019

More battles for media freedom being won, but the war is far from over

5 min

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William Bird

3 July 2019

Minister, please don’t break the SABC, get it the guarantee it needs

5 min

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William Bird

Press Freedom: The moment we tolerate bullies, we also sanction an attack on our democracy

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