Comments on: Media Bias and Censorship: An Illustration By Mua http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/ Cyrix's Litany On Life, 'presently-non-existent' Love and Politics Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:37:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: cyrix http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-71 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:59:18 +0000 http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-71 Malaysia-Today publishes some very entertaining articles: The Khairy Files, etc. However, MT is quite skewed towards PKR and AI. Notice also how it tends to block out DAP news from it? Mkini, IMO is more professional. After all, it does have a much larger staff than MT, which is basically just a blog. In terms of coverage, it's also a bit fairer. Since DAP has the most federal seats and the OL is from there, I think it's entitled to have more space compared to PKR/PAS. To pro-opposition? Hmmnn, I guess you might have a point there. Still, better than nothing, I guess! :) Malaysia-Today publishes some very entertaining articles: The Khairy Files, etc.

However, MT is quite skewed towards PKR and AI. Notice also how it tends to block out DAP news from it?

Mkini, IMO is more professional. After all, it does have a much larger staff than MT, which is basically just a blog. In terms of coverage, it’s also a bit fairer. Since DAP has the most federal seats and the OL is from there, I think it’s entitled to have more space compared to PKR/PAS.

To pro-opposition? Hmmnn, I guess you might have a point there. Still, better than nothing, I guess! :)

]]> by: johnleemk http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-70 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:34:34 +0000 http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-70 The problem with our independent media is that they are often immature and way too sympathetic to the opposition. IMO, the only ones worth seriously reading are The Sun and Malaysia Today, in that order. The former is of course limited by the government's licensing, but at least it publishes some meaningful stuff compared to the crap in our other newspapers. Malaysia Today is at least not so obviously biased in favour of the opposition, but the credibility of much of what it publishes is highly questionable. I don't like Malaysiakini. Its writing style just resembles much of what our local newspapers have, only with an opposition-favouring twist. And let's not even talk about all these damn political blogs - at least 2/3rds of Malaysian political bloggers won't even admit that BN can be right some of the time. (This is of course a rough and uneducated guesstimate based on my limited exploration of the Malaysian blogosphere for the past year or so.) The problem with our independent media is that they are often immature and way too sympathetic to the opposition. IMO, the only ones worth seriously reading are The Sun and Malaysia Today, in that order. The former is of course limited by the government’s licensing, but at least it publishes some meaningful stuff compared to the crap in our other newspapers. Malaysia Today is at least not so obviously biased in favour of the opposition, but the credibility of much of what it publishes is highly questionable.

I don’t like Malaysiakini. Its writing style just resembles much of what our local newspapers have, only with an opposition-favouring twist. And let’s not even talk about all these damn political blogs - at least 2/3rds of Malaysian political bloggers won’t even admit that BN can be right some of the time. (This is of course a rough and uneducated guesstimate based on my limited exploration of the Malaysian blogosphere for the past year or so.)

]]> by: xhiin http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-69 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 06:03:52 +0000 http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-69 well, that's msia for u. i have no substantial comments well, that’s msia for u. i have no substantial comments

]]> by: howsy http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-68 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:49:39 +0000 http://cyrix.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/media-bias-and-censorship-an-illustration/#comment-68 Nice post. I was like you too before I leave my comfort zone to the UK, being brainwashed by the mainstream papers that the BN is like God and all whatever the opposition talk is yadda yadda. Reading alternative local news and socio-political blogs like Jeff Ooi's totally helped me to see the clearer picture. As all the mainstream media are governed by BN (or more precisely UMNO), 'writing up facts' by the journalists seems to be a utopia. The fastest electronic media (besides the internet) is the TV, which is sadly now ALL controlled by UMNO. ALL the private TV stations (TV3, ntv7, 8tv, ch9) now are under the Media Prima group, which is controlled by UMNO. Nice post. I was like you too before I leave my comfort zone to the UK, being brainwashed by the mainstream papers that the BN is like God and all whatever the opposition talk is yadda yadda. Reading alternative local news and socio-political blogs like Jeff Ooi’s totally helped me to see the clearer picture.
As all the mainstream media are governed by BN (or more precisely UMNO), ‘writing up facts’ by the journalists seems to be a utopia. The fastest electronic media (besides the internet) is the TV, which is sadly now ALL controlled by UMNO. ALL the private TV stations (TV3, ntv7, 8tv, ch9) now are under the Media Prima group, which is controlled by UMNO.

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