I spoke to a friend the other day who said that he is very cross with the media in South Africa as they are creating hysteria by always writing about Julius Malema.
What do you think? Should the media talk about him, or ignore him and he will go away?
Looking forward to your comments
Lance
im glad youve brought this up because EVERYTIME something is wrong in the ANC their immediate response is 'this is an eternal matter and not something that needs to be in the media'. are they confused and dont realize that they are the government that runs this country!? as if they can deal with BIG issues behind closed doors and exclude us? They have Malema who's not shy of using the media for his propaganda and when it comes to problems against him and the party suddenly its not necessary for the media and the public! common are u serious!
ReplyDeletewhen you become the focal point of the country how can u just expect not to make things public when you feel like it, especially when those things DIRECTLY affect us!
I think that we shouldn't ignore the things Malema says, however obsessing over it like we all do is ridiculous, come on, when is it ever news that he has said something stupid. Ignoring him completely would be a mistake as he has a large amount of followers that could start even more problems for the country if they feel they are no longer heard. I think the South African media does stress unimportant news, when they should be communicating government actions, new laws etc. That is why I like Carte Blanche, as they don't deal with tedious issues of a moron (Malema) saying and doing things that never make sense.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand I have a suspicion that media is used to distract us from the fact that our government is doing an overall crap job of communicating to us and running our country. We get so caught up in the newest thing Malema said that we don't watch our government and question their actions or lack there of. Most of the media is controlled by the government, so this wouldn't surprise me if it ended up being true
we wait and see:
ReplyDeleteif in effect Julius Malema is going to be disciplined and dealt with as he ought too, which is, in my opinion, by being removed from his office, then the Media exposure is a good thing.
It is true that JM appears to behave as a small child would, seeking negative attention.
In the case of such a small child, one would be well advised to ignore the bad behaviour and concentrate on the good...
However, we are dealing not only with an adult but also an adult in possession of authority and a role model to many.
Would we really want this phenomena to breed in the dark, unexposed to public view? How much more dangerous could it be when one day it suddenly is exposed to public view , having grown totally unaccountable till it becomes uncontrollable...
Thanks to the media we also now have solid proof of his bad behaviour.
Talking of good and bad behaviour: does anyone have a good behaviour/ actions to report from Julius Malema?
It is imperative, that the Media continues to document the egregious behaviour of Ju-Ju.
ReplyDeletePerhaps in the next elections, the absurd ramblings of Malema will resound in the head's of voters and they will make a sensible decision.
"Commit suicide? I'd rather kill myself than to do something like that".