Depending on which side you believe, the Press Council expelled Independent Media (IM) for its refusal to retract and apologise for it piece comparing News24's Karyn Maughan to Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl, or that IM resigned. Either way, there's schadenfreude from other media when Independent Media gets it wrong again. IM deserves the opprobrium, though. Other media (OM) sententiously write about "ethics", "apologising when we get it wrong" and "self-correcting". Do they, though? They only apologise when forced to, which is not a genuine apology. Media regularly skirt or break the line. In South Africa this particularly concerns stories about "racism" - untested, unconfirmed and defamatory allegations are assumed to be true. News24 has been identified as particularly egregious - Pretoria High School for Girls, Wilgenhof, Food Lovers boerewors roll man. With the racist label, reputations are damaged, lives destroyed. The baying ...