It is undoubtedly true that many local TV shows are guilty of fostering various delusions. Particularly prominent in this respect are (as already pointed out) the
Issues of Faith series, followed very closely by
Free Spirit, which is also broadcast on Sundays and is a veritable and seemingly inexhaustible cornucopia of New Age baloney, usually expounded on with suitably hushed gravity by one or more of an interminable succession of “Masters” of the particular craft under scrutiny.
While these TV shows are often exasperatingly delusional, their content and presentation rarely go much beyond being irritating. But for real, positively down-home infuriation and galling irksomeness, I doubt that any publication medium in SA can match the
Brobdingnagian depths plumbed by SA’s leading tabloid,
The Daily Sun. It is simply astonishing that this rag is not repeatedly held to account for journalistic irresponsibility, for committing acts of grievous bodily harm on the truth, or possibly even for recurrent bouts of fathomless stupidity, because this newspaper easily and regularly manages to exceed the unmitigated inanity of its British and US counterparts. As a self-control exercise for all sceptics, I recommend buying the occasional issue (it’s around R2-00 a copy) and trying to read selected articles without undergoing a radical change in demeanour, but caution is advised as overexposure could result in permanent brain damage.
'Luthon64