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.
Aínda que disolveu a censura da prensa, falou a favor da liberdade de prensa e trabou amizade con moitos xornalistas, Mandela criticou gran parte dos medios do país, indicando que estaban maioritariamente en propiedade e baixo o control de brancos de clase media e que se centraban demasiado no alarmismo sobre o crime no país.