Is the Media Making Assumptions About Oscar Pistorius?

Author:
enewschannel
Publisher:
enewschannel
Publication Date:
18 February 2013
Tags:
South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Sport

eNCA's Gareth Edwards interviews William Bird, Director of Media Monitoring Africa, on whether Olympian Oscar Pistorius is being tried by the media based on allegations that he murdered his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

Steenkamp is being cremated in Port Elisabeth on the same day of Pistorius' bail hearing at the Pretoria Magistrates Court.

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