By far the most disappointing coverage of the SONA Address, the SABC really did nothing to distance themselves from their reputation as the 'mouthpiece of the ANC.'
They were the last channel to go an air with rolling coverage of the event at 5:30pm with anchors Ayanda-Allie Paine and Vuyo Mvoko, and were the first to stop covering the event not too long after President Zuma stopped talking (probablyvso that Ayanda could get enough sleep to throw softball questions at the president at the next morning's The New Age Breakfast Briefing).
The channel did not have any independent or other form of analyst in studio, with the two anchors providing a very lightweight preview of the adddress and just letting viewers enjoyvthe view of what they are seeing.
This would have been okay during any other year, but for the broadcast to nearly flat out ignore the elephant in the room in the preview was rather pathetic.
What makes things worse is that they completely ignored the arrival at the EFF at parliament or the chaos around the blocking of the signal, which included the protest that took place in Parliament.
If you are one of the millions of viewers that make the SABC the most watch channel during events like this, you.would have had no idea of what was really going on.
I have nothing further to say.
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