not quite the 'media' but well enough reported at the time - another little snippit of show biz history.....

By 1939, George Formby   was Britain's most popular and highest-paid male entertainer, with estimated earnings of around £100,000.

'Formby endeared himself to his audiences with his cheeky Lancashire humour and folksy north of England persona. In film and on stage, he generally adopted the character of an honest, good-hearted but accident-prone innocent.'

In 1946 George and his wife Beryl (who had also been a music hall performer) toured immediately pre-Apartheid South Africa.

Despite threats from the National Party leader Daniel François Malan, Goerge insisted on playing to black audiences.
Beryl embraced a three year old black girl who had presented her with a box of chocolates
Malan had them thrown out of the country; he was reported to have told them "never come back to this country".

Beryl, with a typical northern response replied "Why dont you piss off you horrible little man".