#CAUTION

The statement, the commission held in its ruling on Monday, was “so clearly defamatory” that the show presenter was obliged to qualify and counter the statement. It stopped short of imposing any sanction on the SABC, but in effect laid down a new law for every major broadcaster in South Africa: thou shalt not let a hyperbolic insult go unchallenged. http://ow.ly/CEFD9

Be careful what you say on talk radio in future

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission has dealt a narrow-minded blow to free speech.