A few days ago FOX TV news reported on the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki.

The reporter said that Mbeki's speech highlighted poverty, crime, and AIDS

as South Africa's major problems to be tackled in his second term.

I checked Mbeki's speech and newspaper reports in SA, Mbeki never once

mentioned AIDS or HIV. Sam Mhlongo attended the inauguration and confirmed

that Mbeki never said AIDS or HIV.

I have criticized US press and media for what they chronically don't cover

or mention. But when it comes to AIDS they make up the news. The fact that

Mbeki did not mention either AIDS or HIV during his campaign and

inauguration speech is real news that people should have the opportunity

of knowing.

The former Soviet Union was plagued with a chronically lying press. It got

so bad that eventually the only people who believed what they saw on

Soviet TV or read in newspapers were the liars themselves.

From : - David Resnick, Phd