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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

TV refuses to screen South African newspaper ad

South Africa's broadcasting company is refusing to screen an advertisement for The Sowetan newspaper. The ad, an adaptation of Martin Luther King's 1963 speech about his dream of freedom, decries the problems of crime, child rape and Aids in South Africa. But SABC argues that it is too graphic and borders on hate speech. The Sowetan is owned by Tony O'Reilly's South African newspaper company. (Via IoL/Johannesburg Star)

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