Claim 182

South Africa's Foreign Correspondents Association condemned the measure as the start of what it called a slide toward a completely controlled press.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: South Africa's Foreign Correspondents Association condemned the measure as the start of what it called a slide toward a completely controlled press.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Foreign correspondents' warning
About: incident 1985-south-africa-state-of-emergency-media-ban
Source: South Africa Saturday issued a ban on all television...
Publisher: UPI Archives
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1985-11-02

Quotation from the source

the beginning of the slippery slide toward a totally controlled press.