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This study aims to draw on some of the ethical guidelines enshrined in the South African Press Code (SAPC 2007:10).This SAPC states that“the press shall be obliged to report news truthfully, accurately,fairly andin a balanced manner,without any intentional or neg-ligent departure from the facts”.This insight is used in order to analyse the way in which the2008 xenophobic attacks were reported in South Africa by theSowetanandDaily Sun newspapers.Overall, the findings show that the two newspapers adhered to the South African Press Code (2007),and were ethical in their 2008 news reports. This specifically contradicts the dominant perception of most mainstream newspaper readers,who thought that, theDaily Sunis just a tabloid newspaper which“represents the lowest standard of journalism”(Wasserman 2012:1),because of its sensational crime and sex stories.