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Helen Zille makes Journalists' Lives Hell

Several commentators have described Zille's conduct in the recent exchange as "abrasive" and "bullying", and it prompted a series of articles that took issue with her online persona, most notably from analyst Eusebius McKaiser and the Mail & Guardian's Verashni Pillay. In a recent article Pillay points out Helen Zille may be a former journalist as she loves to point out, but she is the ultimate media bully. Many journalists have had the unpleasant experience of Zille calling them up and screaming at them. Editors have had to endure her attempts to control editorial decisions with shrill, high-volume phone calls. And then there is the personal humiliation she likes to mete out. Perhaps Zille wishes she was still in the newsroom and able to issue instructions. Instead of recognising the independence of the media, she often engages in aggressive bullying tactics to get her way, freezing out those who won’t comply.

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