Nature of Complaint
The Media Complaints Committee received a complaint from Mr Fofo over an article carried by the Sunday Mail where he is quoted in the story. Mr Fofo is aggrieved as he says he never gave the comments that are attributed to him. Mr Fofo said the comments that he made were quoted out of context and had a different meaning against what the quotes were intended for. Mr Fofo wants the Sunday Mail to retract the statements that he says are misleading. Mr Fofo says the quoted statements are misrepresentations and falsehoods which boarder on defamation.
Status: Resolved
The Media Complaints Committee referred the complaint to Sunday Mail. The Sunday Mail editor Victoria Ruzvidzo engaged the complainant on the matter and the newspaper produced evidence of the statements made by Mr Fofo from the reporters’ notebook and both parties agreed that the statements made by Mr Fofo were correctly captured by the reporter but the context they were used in was not favorable to Mr Fofo. The parties as a result of the evidence presented, agreed that the reporter had captured Mr Fofo’s comments accurately.
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