Media concerned over Fifa's terms

Well I think these regulations by FIFA will limit journalists or reporters from doing their jobs correctly because they will be binded by minor laws that are to me unnecessary....

I wonder if first world countries hosting had the same issues. Surely the USA would never have allowed such clauses to stand in their own country!

I wonder just how much the general public realise that South Africa will turn into Fifastan next year. Draconian restrictions on marketing, sales, media, transport, travel and just the general getting on with life.

How many of these restrictions will be removed after the withdrawal of Reichsmarschall Blatter and his legions ? I wonder.

I question if it is all really worth it. A seven day wonder, just like the Lions tour, Cricket World Cup, T20, and need I go on...........

FIFA and Blatter (and his family) are the ultimate con. They are terrified that anybody or anything impacts on their earnings. Blatter and FIFA have already discounted the advertising contracts for the 2014 World Cup.

Who the hell do thet think they are? Are they scared of the truth? They need to understand that this is acountry with its own laws and if they don't like it its their problem. We cannot allow them to dictate to us.

Viva to FIFA! Its about time the arrogant media in SA wings are clipped. Our press cannot be trusted. Our govt. must move with speed to implement the media tribunal.

Nkosi, you dumb idiot. You are praising FIFA for what????? Clipping wings or something?????? FIFA have nothing to do with South Africa and do not represnt us. The media in this country are far too tame on this government. Nkosi, you can now read all the British and American papers online. I suggest you do that (that's if you can read objectively) and then I dare you to repeat your stupid comments.

Well done FIFA! The racist media in South Africa deserves it because they cannot report positively on this country and its achievements.

Well said, Nkosi !

Nkosi Sikelele iAfrika !

Indeed Moxter! Louise, your insults are irellevant! Our press think they are playing God and its about time that they realise that somebody will and must deal with them! Therefore we congratulate FIFA with this bold move!

HAHAHAHAHA Louise, don't even bother girl. You are dealing with tweedle dee and tweedle dumb. Frankly, I think Nkosi did not / could not grasp the message. I suspect he thought FIFA was some sort of Gov agency that was going to assist him wipe his ass. However, back to the topic at hand. Blatter and Fam are alsmost as corrupt as the SA Gov, in fact they could be worse, as they have been at it for longer. There has been so much bribe cash changing hands that there isn't an auditing company on the planet with the balls that will touch this.

Apocalypse, I agree. That is why France had to get to the world cup at all cost. Could it be the Reebok connection with Platini, Blatter etc....? And now FIFA are calling an "extra ordinary" meeting to discuss the shenanigans. Sounds like our lekgotas (sorry about spelling) hey? The government are very quiet about FIFA imposing rules on our journalists. Why I wonder????

Agreed Apocalypse and Louise. If idiots like Moxter, Nikosi, etc, are critical of the media b/c it's "racist" (and by this I take it they mean "critical of the government") then they are in for a helluva shock. Amazing that they don't see Fifa as a colonising, Western imperialist force!! We have sold our soul for this World Cup (and built stadia instead of hospitals and schools, thrown away money on expensive transport systems that in all likelihood won't be ready by the world cup, and will probably lie dormant thereafter) instead of building houses and trying to prevent more AIDS deaths. The World Cup is not going to benefit the ordinary woman or man in the street -- already Cape Town hawkers are protesting that their normal place of business is going to be turned into a "Fifa world cup theme park", complete with tv screens.

It is normal for corporates to exercise power over how their own events (internal) events are reported on. The only problem here for me is that the World Cup is owned by the public as much as it is owned by a corporate entity.
The problem here is that this line is blurred dangerously by the existence of FIFA and the control it has over possibly the biggest global public event in existence.
To me FIFA is a fascist organisation meddling way too much in affairs it should have no control over in a healthy democracy.

And to those in this forum that are suggesting that a corporate entity and its imposition of restrictions on the freedom of the press is a positive step: please reconsider carefully what kind of monster you are awakening. One of the things that is healthy about South African democracy is the freedom of the media - print media at least.

nuff said.

The SA media which is controlled by the racists was not looking forward to the day where SA will final host the 2010 world cup, they were in an all out campaign discrediting this country, now they are concern about their sales during the event. Let them be banned from this event.

Kobus, amazing how you seem to read the stories of the media, selectively. Pity you don't read the papers or online sites with intelligence. You are the type that just peruse and comment on what you think you have read. SA media are owned by the same racists (Irish) that come to this country every year to build houses for the poor. I'm sure those people that benefited from these houses would prefer those "racists" to the lot that are in government. See, the media put their money where their mouths are. What are those leeches in government doing with their and our money??????? As I've said earlier on this post, my criticism of the media in this country is that they are too tame on this government.

louise doidge on November 25, 2009, 7:06 pm

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It is okay to you that the same media was busy reporting negatively about this country? By your statement I can see that your loyalty is with who runs the country not the country itself

Kobus. You are so bright - NOT!!!!!! Now why would you make such a clever statement???? Could you not be saying the same about yourself? Does not your loyalty lie with the ANC and not the country (As with all the nodding heads in the cabinet)??????? See, don't point fingers as four always point back at you!

Kobus Botha: Patriotic to South Africa? Or patriotic to the ANC?

PS, during apartheid the media was criticised by government for being 'unpatriotic'.

'By your statement I can see that your loyalty is with who runs the country not the country itself' - EXACTLY my friend. Exactly.

Racism seems to the topic of most comments on any online news page! What seems to be at stake here is our journalists ability to cover news that's going on involving anything to do with Fifa and "their" World Cup. They are effectively demanding a get out of jail free card to any eventuality that might tarnish their image or the Blatter circus. This is not free speech and our constitution should override this.

The unpatriotic citizens like Louise and Ella misguidedly thought that we will not be able to host a successfull world cup. They were part of the prophets of doom including the press who lambasted our country for crime, incompetence and laziness! Our press were in the forefront to sent out negative messages about our preparations for this prestigeous event. Now that we agree that their wings should be clipped, we are branded idiots. Ella you and Louise can go to hell as far as I'm concerned!