I've been talking to my Dad about how he got started in the journalism business and he keeps talking about being part of the 'fifth column" as a rebellious reporter and how important the "fourth estate" is in a free and democratic society. What the heck is he talking about?...

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In preparation for a trip early next year, I want to start reading up on the news and contemporary events in South Africa. Now, is there some general approach to doing this with online tools?...

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I'm running a weblog for my company and we have some people from the business community who are adding comments after our blog entries, which is great. Other people who we don't know put in incorrect or off topic remarks and I want to just delete them, but I'm not sure whether that's okay or not. Specifically, isn't it censorship if I delete the remarks people leave on our site?...

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