Talk:Independent Online

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Opening sentence

Please discuss the opening sentence here rather than reverting and edit warring. In my opinion, [1] is a very poor reference for at least two reasons: it is a self-published claim by the owner of IOL, and it is very short and is almost word for word the same as the opening sentence of this article - including the same poorly written repetitive wording about "one of South Africa's ... websites based in South Africa." A different reference is needed. The disputed sentence is problematic as has been pointed out before. The term "leading" is a peacock term (basically a marketing claim to cast the subject in a positive light) and calling it a "news and information" website is superfluous when "news website" would be better. Earlier versions claiming "partially state-owned" were also problematic as they gave undue weight to this in order to cast the subject in a negative light. Zaian (talk) 09:30, 4 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Related pages

@Amigao Please check other Chinese funded media and related company African News Agency Wikipedia page. References to Chinese state media also found on Sekunjalo Investments Wikipedia page. Wololo1111 (talk) 19:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]