09-06-05: Request to SAPA: Re: News Article of 19 July 2007

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State v. Johnstone: Crimen Injuria Plaintiff: Defendant: CT-CAS 1340/7/07

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Hon. Patricia de Lille, MP, ID Lara Johnstone, HARTSSTARH

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clo & via: M . Hannes de Wet TO: SAPA of McLennan Directors; clo & via: BOfrd M . Ben Mr. Ben McL nnan Capetown B reau News Editor SA Press Ass ciation Tel: (27) 02 4242133 Fax: (27) 02 424 9376 Email: capeews@sapa.org.za Honourable Transparenc

ransparency CC: Cape Party Leader: Mr. Jack Miller [Ref: RSAMedia Enquiry]

SAPA Board df Directors;

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Transpantncy RE: (I) RetJuestRSAMedia to SAPA: News Enquiry Article: (I) Request SMS's

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SAPA: News Article:

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19 July 2007: Woman Defies Court over Rude De LiUe

Mr. MacLenntn,earlier Thanktoday. you for very much for your very professional help, in our brief telephonic conversation 1 requested to be provided with the name and contact details of the journalist A brief reca who wrote t e aforementioned article, distributed by SAPA. You informed me, you were currently un ble to inform me of the details I requested related to the journalist, since the journalist w a freelance journalist, also known as a 'stringer', who may be irregularly moonlighting without the knowledge of their primary employer. Accordingly disclosure of their name may re ult in them losing their job, since their employment contract forbids them to moonlight wi h other news organisations.

'stringer jou inform me of that their so For intention the (ii)

alist' who wrote the original article; whose name you are currently unable to I do not allege - in any way - that such journalist was maliciously motivated; only rces, or their source's sources appear to be either (i) negligently misinformed, or have no objections to you a copy of this correspondence to the lly 1providing the journalist withproviding disinformation.

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be easily cor cted, by the provision of accurate information 1 hope itperce caseinofthe thematter. former (negligently misinformed), former tion

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for such individual to adjust their in which case, such mistakels can


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