What's going to be interesting is the reaction from journalists and media companies in general if the two big media bills do get pa**ed.
There is so much money invested in SA media, so many different outlets. Dozens of companies, multinationals. Thousands upon thousands of journalists. And every single one will oppose the government hands down.
What happens when an unstoppable force (ANC) meets an immovable object (The SA media)?
what does this mean? what can the media do? I don't understand. obviously going on strike wont help. Am I wrong?
No...but the corporations like Avusa, Primedia and the like can hit the government with appeals, lawsuits and enough red tape to obfusticate things to the point where it becomes worthless for the ANC to proceed. I'm not saying they will, but they could.
Also, journalists don't have to go on strike. They just have to go underground. If an 'unregistered' journalist wishes to keep publishing, it'll happen. The government is deeply stupid and naive to think that, in a digital age, they can censor everything. Not even China, the world's most repressive censorship society, manages to keep a lid on everything.
I don't want to suggest that things are this dire yet. But this is what it might come to.
