Although dismantling press censorship, speaking out in favour of freedom of the press and befriending many journalists, Mandela was critical of much of the country's media, noting that it was overwhelmingly owned and run by middle-class whites and believing that it focused too heavily on scaremongering about crime
Ngakhale adathetsa kuwunika kwa atolankhani, kuyankhula mokomera ufulu wa atolankhani komanso kukhala paubwenzi ndi atolankhani ambiri, Mandela adadzudzula zowulutsa zambiri za dzikolo, ponena kuti zidali zake komanso zimayendetsedwa ndi azungu apakati komanso akukhulupirira kuti zimayang'ana kwambiri kuwopseza zaumbanda