Sunday, May 10, 2009

Singapore and its childish newspapers that never grew up...

The inordinately extensive and daily coverage of the AWARE leadership tussle exposes and underscores the provincialism of Singapore’s press, the Straits Times in particular.

Any thinking person, with a modicum of appreciation of what constitutes news, must marvel over the MSM’s (mainstream media) ability to ignore the real issues of the day in Singapore while focusing so much of its might on what was primarily a parochial affair.

Instead of enlightening Singaporeans on the pressing issues confronting us – events that beg many questions and offer much scope for enquiry – our national press chooses to rivet readers’ attention through a daily barrage of reporting on the dispute of a marginal organization, till recently, of no more than 100 or 200 feminists. More...

See also:

  1. No "worthy" top sportsman in Singapore!!!
  2. Singapore's LGBT community plans a pink party...
  3. Singapore's tough laws to become tougher...
  4. Catherine Lim: Singapore materially rich, spiritually poor...
  5. Singapore TV station fined for "positive" gay show...

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