Comments on: Traditional media is dead! Long live social media! http://www.ideate.co.za/2008/01/07/traditional-media-is-dead-long-live-social-media/ Business resources, tips, success stories, interviews and business ideas Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.ideate.co.za/2008/01/07/traditional-media-is-dead-long-live-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-61698 Andrew Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:15:24 +0000 http://www.ideate.co.za/2008/01/07/traditional-media-is-dead-long-live-social-media/#comment-61698 Great observation Fred. I had the same thoughts when I watched Jacob Zuma's interview after winning the ANC election. He mentioned government control over print media (they already control most of TV and radio news), and I just laughed. You're 10 years too late buddy! Like most other twenty and thirty-somethings, I've never subscribed to a newspaper. I buy the Sunday Times for my dad when he comes to visit. I don't trust news that is generated by a single reporter, and is edited by someone who has shareholders and the government to answer to. I do trust a story that rises to the top of Google News because thousands of sites link it, or a theme that I see a lot of bloggers talking about and verifying via first-hand video footage and pictures. And that, Mr Zuma, is going to be a tad harder to moderate. Great observation Fred. I had the same thoughts when I watched Jacob Zuma’s interview after winning the ANC election. He mentioned government control over print media (they already control most of TV and radio news), and I just laughed. You’re 10 years too late buddy! Like most other twenty and thirty-somethings, I’ve never subscribed to a newspaper. I buy the Sunday Times for my dad when he comes to visit. I don’t trust news that is generated by a single reporter, and is edited by someone who has shareholders and the government to answer to. I do trust a story that rises to the top of Google News because thousands of sites link it, or a theme that I see a lot of bloggers talking about and verifying via first-hand video footage and pictures.

And that, Mr Zuma, is going to be a tad harder to moderate.

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