Progressive journalism may once have been considered a bastion of truth that worked to expose the inner recesses of power and abuse.
But the 21st century has given rise to the spectacle of liberal conservatives co-opting progressive discourse to push their profit-driven agendas under the deception of seeking justice and accountability. This is the bloated underbelly of half-truths, manipulation, and selective outrage that is presented to the public as truth.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the recent article by the Daily Maverick (DM), which claims to be an exposure of online violence against women journalists in South Africa.
However, on closer examination of the content it becomes apparent that while masquerading as defenders of gender equality, the publication’s true motives reveal a calculated agenda to weaponise women’s issues for political gain.
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