aiden choles

A few months back I wrote a fairly scathing post on Debora Patta and the shoddy job she did in a 3rd Degree interview with a megalomaniac on eTv. Having returned from a PR Net event she hosted this evening I now write with a slightly different perspective on her. Besides the insight she provided on her show, it seems her in-person persona (excuse the possible redundancy) is a whole lot easier to digest than her on-screen presence.

Am I getting soft? Nah ... I still maintain that she did a shoddy job. Hearing her speak outside of the blood-thirsty investigative journalism mode is slightly refreshing and has done some work in shifting my perspective on her.

Before you write this post off as a pseudo-apology and quit reading, know that I'm going somewhere with this and that there is some backbone and relevance around narrative to be explored below.  read more »

I'm embarrassed.

I've just finished watching an iconic South African journalist lose some serious credibility ... publicly ... in my eyes at least. The typically acidic Debora Patta has just anchored an edition of ETVs investigative programme 3rd Degree that took a hard look at South Africa's very own Enron-type scandal ... and she did a piss-poor job.  read more »