{"id":2439770,"date":"2025-05-28T07:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-falls-over-itself-to-defend-south-african-president\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T07:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:59:35","slug":"media-falls-over-itself-to-defend-south-african-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-falls-over-itself-to-defend-south-african-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Falls Over Itself To Defend South African President"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-falls-over-itself-to-defend-south-african-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2439770&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent confrontation between former President Donald Trump and South African officials regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-are-rapidly-organizing-against-public-school-indoctrination-moms-for-liberty-is-zeroing-in-on-school-boards\/\" title=\"Parents Are Rapidly Organizing Against Public School Indoctrination. \u2018Moms For Liberty\u2019 Is Zeroing In On School Boards\">racially charged rhetoric<\/a> promoting violence<\/a> against white farmers in South Africa. Trump presented evidence of such rhetoric, particularly chants led by political leader Julius Malema that call for violence. Despite the evidence and concerns raised, the media was rapid too defend President Cyril Ramaphosa, framing him as a calm leader who was caught off guard by Trump&#8217;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>NPR and Reuters, among other outlets, praised Ramaphosa for his composure during the exchange, depicting him as a important figure in South Africa&#8217;s post-apartheid era. Though, Ramaphosa later referred to the genocidal chants as a form of &#8220;liberation chant,&#8221; downplaying their violent implications, claiming thay were within the bounds of free speech as recognized by South African law.<\/p>\n<p>The author criticizes the media for failing to adequately confront the seriousness of the situation and for normalizing rhetoric that advocates violence.The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elite-college-students-blame-israel-for-hamas-terror-attack\/\" title=\"Elite college students accuse Israel of being responsible for the recent Hamas terror attack.\">article raises questions<\/a> about the implications of such narratives in the context of freedom of expression and the moral standing of leaders when dealing with such sensitive issues. the overall tone suggests concern over media bias and the potential consequences of excusing calls for violence under the guise of free speech.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    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class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Last week, President Donald Trump confronted South African leaders over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-refuses-to-back-down-over-gaza-hospital-despite-debunked-hamas-claims\/\" title=\"Rashida Tlaib stands firm on Gaza hospital despite disproven Hamas allegations.\">alleged genocide taking place<\/a> against white South African farmers. Trump presented South African leaders &mdash; and the media &mdash; with video evidence of racially charged rhetoric advocating for the murder of white farmers. One such video showed political leader Julius Malema leading chants of &ldquo;kill the Boer&rdquo; and &ldquo;Revolution demands at some point there must be killing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The propaganda press were quick to not only dismiss the genocidal chants, but to defend South Africa&rsquo;s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who didn&rsquo;t seem eager to confront and condemn the chants. Outlets dropped all pretense of objectivity to paint Ramaphosa as a measured statesman blindsided by Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1277538873\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NPR&rsquo;s Kate Bartlett <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/22\/nx-s1-5406758\/shock-and-anger-in-south-africa-after-oval-office-ambush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> &ldquo;South Africa&rsquo;s president is praised for staying calm during Trump&rsquo;s Oval Office ambush.&rdquo; Bartlett praised Ramaphosa for keeping &ldquo;his cool&rdquo; and heralded him as &ldquo;one of the key mediators in the talks that ended apartheid in 1994.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The talking point was quickly spread amongst the propagandists, with Reuters&rsquo; Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Alexander Winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/buffeted-by-trump-south-africas-ramaphosa-praised-keeping-his-cool-2025-05-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writing<\/a>: &ldquo;Buffeted by Trump, South Africa&rsquo;s Ramaphosa praised for keeping his cool.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps it&rsquo;s easy to &ldquo;keep cool&rdquo; when your government doesn&rsquo;t appear to have any serious moral objection to openly genocidal rhetoric. <\/p>\n<p>Despite their best attempt to cover for South African leaders, upon returning from the United States, South Africa&rsquo;s president excused the genocidal chants as merely free speech. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Ramaphosa said the chant is a &ldquo;liberation chant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Liberation from what, exactly? White farmers? And how will that liberation occur if not through violence, as some South African political leaders are calling for? <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We take into account what the constitutional court also decided when it said that, you know, that slogan, &lsquo;Kill the Boer, kill the farmer,&rsquo; is a liberation chant and slogan,&rdquo; Ramaphosa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/kill-the-boer-not-hatespeech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"cAqB4QYsuFGUVH3IJvhlDKOXtwSjoR97fZ5iT6k\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#127487;&#127462; &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a slogan &ndash; kill the Boer, kill the farmer is a liberation chant, it&rsquo;s not meant to be a message&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa defends Politicians &amp; South Africans calling for the death of the White Farmer saying it&rsquo;s not meant to be taken literally. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/03eh24Jyd4\">pic.twitter.com\/03eh24Jyd4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGatesIsaPyscho\/status\/1927357650729132192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not meant to be a message that elicits or calls upon anyone to go and be killed. And that is what our court decided &hellip; We follow the dictates of our constitution because we are a constitutional state, and we are a country where freedom of expression is in the bedrock of our constitutional arrangement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In their frantic rush to shield Ramaphosa from scrutiny, the propaganda press not only dismissed the gravity of the evidence &mdash; but they&rsquo;ve now aided in the normalization of racially charged rhetoric. <\/p>\n<p>Notably, these are the same outlets that, as pointed out by Newsmax&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnFBachman\/status\/1927388805218099610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Bachman<\/a>, &ldquo;freaked out about &lsquo;Stand back, and stand by&#8217;&rdquo; but &ldquo;will accept [Ramaphosa&rsquo;s comment defending genocidal chants] as fact.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The propaganda press bent over backwards to portray Ramaphosa as a dignified moral authority &mdash; a statesman who gracefully endured Trump&rsquo;s supposed ambush. He was framed as a calm, rational leader, a symbol of post-apartheid virtue. And then, mere days later, that very same moral icon stood before the press and earnestly defended chants calling for the murder of farmers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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