The fall of the media in South Africa: why is the news media in decline? 

I have canceled my subscriptions to news outlets because I have lost all the respect for them. They are reporting nonsense and have taken a political stand instead of remaining independent. No ne is will waste their money funding propaganda rooms of political parties. We need more of you Mighty, we also need to right more and we must support independent reporters and outlets, few as they are.

Indeed, my brother, this is profound. The media was supposed to be 110% independent. biasness is an open secret. They target certain people.

23mins of Nothing but FACTS!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Best video yet!

That why I don't have time for our newspaper and tv news I prefer RU-vid instead of watching liars anylist and generalist all were captured

you are 100% correct, especially with Zuma & his associates they have been very biased ignoring ramaphosa & his associates. Everything has a beginning & end, it has its life & death. They must accept that the chickens are coming back home to roost, bayatatazela manje, even politicians who were generally in support of Zuma started changing tune on him but he warned them that bazozisola & that when they are done with him they will come after them one by one & all that has played itself out clearly. There are many examples

My brother you are spitting nothing but facts my brother, no doubt.

we want journalism thats unfiltered, thats i recomend your channel.

Yeah. I agree it's the bias. And no explanation of things. Currently, They should be talking about what GNU is and What Racism is. I did not see that on news networks... they just report on what politicians say. It's starting to give CNN and other American media

Sometimes i worry about these brilliant fearless young men..big up guys!!!!

You 100 percent correct sir indeed sir!

We are not happy about journalists, their bosses are the ones owning the means of production. They investigate per instruction, they are told who to interview and what questions to ask.

I don't watch mainstream media anymore. Only Independent!

MightinJamie you are fantastic and no need to comment as you have Said it all

True brother, I have stopped watching big news channels like CNN, BBC, sky news, the likes of news room, news 24 and many others because of bias, untrustworthy news and manipulating stories.

Thanks Jamie, your research always excite me my brother, Your Podcast is so powerful❤

You are on point my bra

Jamie you and your young colleagues are doing a brilliant job, in preserving the integrity of this country...Thank you for loving and respecting the people of this country... You really need to be protected financially and otherwise....

They only broadcast what favors their narrative.

That is bad for democracy .

Thank you Mighti J, I since stopped buying and reading maistream tabloits since the introduction of Unsesnsored ( the likes of Pinki Khoabane reports and Black Opinion and after their banned, and now the RU-vid follower full time. I urged my colleagues to subsribe to you channel. Real content.

My brother, if there was an option of triple likes and stars I was gonna award you with those STARS. We'll done Jamie 🎉

Doesn't social media have the potential to be just as biased as the media

Jamie, we will support voung people like you, you dont take things at face value, you dig for the real thing until you get it & then report on certainty. No holy cows, all must be equal, unfortunately even the judges entered the fray right to the highest court in the land, it is so sad but God will correct by bringing in people like you who are not part of the head or bias narrative

I haven't paid for dstv since 2018. Aluta Continua! Anything about the downfall of mainstream media makes me happy except for the job losses.

Lol, Gupta's leaks, we have been shucks for a long time.😂

A Breath of fresh air! Good analises, intelligent evaluation! In my opinion: The main problem with mainstream news is the people who own it! Why would I listen to Rupert or Bekker's news/ opinions....propaganda.

I will never forget what the Sunday Times wrote about Markus Jooste right after Steinhoff scandal. It talked about how he was going to concentrate more on his horses as he was a horse breeder after the saga. It was as if they were praising the man.

Dont forget the issue of rand manipulation.

The Guptas were fought for one simple reason - they demonstrated capacity to grow rich without being members of the existing club of WMC. The Guptas were changing the rules of the game.

All newspapers can stop working. we only cry for our people's Jobs but newspapers became biased and useless. Anyone build 1 industry for good journalists please.

Job well done 👍🏾. The research is well accumulated .

They also do not make Sundowns famous even after winning 7 titles i a row because their favorite club chiefs is fighting relegation

We're here. Let's go

They say money talk,media on the markets.

Great report my brother, keep up the good work ❤

Keep it up Jamie we need you at these times. Once they see that you are flourishing and unbiased they will want to buy your chanel because that's what these investors do ask MacG!

DSTV still don't want to customise subscription per customer (Pay-what-you-want-to-watch)!

I dislike Newsroom with passion especially Xoli Mgambi narratives are very ridiculous...That guy is just boring and very dull

Thank you for this topic, I'm not gonna watch now, but I will later! ❤

Extend your services to every platform and create SA community oriented entertainment for afrocentric content. Bring Tlaudi, Samantha and other social media African creators in your management team to expand the media conglomerate. I am willing to serve as a Board member with other like minded people. Let's build our own communication platforms 💚🖤🇿🇦✊🏾

Dankie jam jam 🫡🫡

Bra dont b shy brinv to us more. U on point

I cant wait to see SA media going down completely ,especially The Neswroom ..Xoli Mgambi's attitude is disgusting

The reporting on Dr. Iqbal Survé by News24, and their attempt to cancel him in the media space, was nothing short of pathetic.

Great content.

You are the new dawn of the media 🎉

I must say Jamie, I quite enjoy your objective perspective. It's so refreshing. I think there's been a general decline in journalistic output nje just in general and media has failed to coherently engage the youth and make us interested and keep our attention also gatekeeping aspect of everything and the scarcity mindset of believing that if you put someone else on its going to take away from what you have i think is a reason why many things fail in SA , the old people in charge don't want to give the youth a chance to inject new outlooks and innovative ways to make people care everything is stale and smells funny...It's sad to see City Press go. My dad used to buy it every Sunday...

Credibility, they have been exposed, they are narrative are too manupulated it has became obvious.....that's why we just subscribe to you guys

in business we say media is facing market disruption, and media 24 is applying what we call strategic change...the business environment is dynamic and you need strategist to keep up with the competitive environment

It's good for them to loose customers , they have no truth , too biased

❤❤❤u nailed it broo

Another was the headline about Zuma and Mugabe villas in Dubai and that they were neighbours! These stories switched me off!!

Biasness, biasness, biasness... no excuse! The growth of MK Party, led by a leader that they've been denouncing as corrupt and bad for years, it's a clear indication that, their reporting, has indeed, loss credibility!

They are impartial shame and disgusting

I used to read btween two and three publications every weekday, and four Sundays publications, but eventually i couldn't bear the systematic approach adopted by media houses starting around mid to late 2000, so much that even with subscription I ended up only reading sport news and nothing else,, and lately a few years ago I completely stopped watching tv news, South African journalists and analysts lack self pride and suck big time without shame and wih no end on sight!!!!!!!

Well done bro. Keep going

10. Education of the masses: Most young people can't read to comprehend you need a dictionary to read Financial Mail & Daily Mav, also the new generation got their priorities wrong we rather be entertained than get education.

That's very true I can give you an example of Fabrizio Romano "Here we go" , we wait for him to say something.

l also stopped buying newspapers & stopped my subscriptions due to bias, daily maverrick is the worst of them

Not happy and we dont have TV at home for pass 10 years now

Good information bro❤.

Very interesting and informative

Hi Jamie my man im from Soweto I love your Podcast man siyabonga.

Media is evolving

the quality overall is poor in news coverage, print tv radio

AmaBhungane (Scorpion Journalists) are nowhere to be found!

They can cancel all there media we don't have interest anymore, I'm fine with podcast.

SA Business missed out on major technology trends, AI being ml/dl or "generative ai" can't be missed cause it's prejudice if not built/taught well.

Change is the only constant in life. It's inevitable

During elections focus was identify shortcomings of MK and Jabulani Khumalo became a star. With all evidence that the man was lying,ignored that

It depends on who's funding it

Covid was the Final nail on the coffin

How does Nvidia threaten the media? Nvidia makes computer hardware that’s great to build AI programs on. SA media is failing to properly diagnose their demise.

Fortunately for the sabc it is still trusted given it reach and accessibility data is still expensive so podcast and other platforms are still growing.and they don't provide news in indigenous languages.

Do you accept advertisers on your platform?

No,no,no, they must not go there....they'll give them brown envelopes for them to be buyers like them. Right now our TV s are hanging on the walls we are no more listening to the news because of their buyers.

You need a new mic or to setup that one

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I think printed media died years ago But if its food on the table for some people . You know where this goes

Do not agree with regulation. The media owners must always be ready for sudden disrupters (eg. even you guys who are on You Tube are disrupting the market).

I heard the CEO of MultiChoice is married to the daughter of Gwede Mantashe 😂

You are also Zuma promoter.... with all tactics you are using is still clear that you are mk and Zuma promoter

You just mad that the sabc is not promoting mk and eff