... self-censorship and what we would refer to as peer censorship; self-censorship in the sense that the media sometimes tend to defer to powerful interest groups to the extent of avoiding examining complex issues in their contradictory manifestations.
This is the tendency among journalists themselves to seek to dictate to others on how they should cover issues. In the recent past, anyone who dared to acknowledge progress in service delivery and government performance was condemned by peers to be a lapdog - like what my hon members on that side do. [Interjections.]