# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1985-south-africa-state-of-emergency-media-ban)
- Source: South Africa Saturday issued a ban on all television.... https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/11/02/South-Africa-Saturday-issued-a-ban-on-all-television/6517499755600/
- 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.

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