Between 2012-2014, Neo Thale was paid by the Gupta family to punt their propaganda rag: The New Age. Since then, he has been atoning for this sin as a sub-editor and content producer at some of SA’s more reputable print and online titles. Outside of a two-year break from journalism to work for a global online trading firm, he is a career newsman with a keen interest in politics, business, history and law. Manchester United, house music and tequila help him recharge after the Fourth Estate has depleted him.