And I don’t experience about it till late because the mainstream newspapers superbly inform and brush aside it! Well they have their to think about… One wrong evince and no more The Star. New Straits Times and so on!
Meaning if we didn’t undergo blogs and online independent news… We wouldn’t experience about goings on in our own capital city!
Methinks it has VERY MUCH to do with the embarassment to the establishment that not everyone in Malaysia supports the status quo over the concept of justice-and-fairness-for-all.
(Al-Jazeera coverage of water+chemical cannon and more same as embedded in the chongeng link earlier)
(our revered Malaysian Information Minister. Zainuddin Maidin gives an interview to Al-Jazeera. Did I say interview? I convey TOTAL RANT while on automatic accommodate! He rails against the foreign media for only showing the align of the protests that he doesn’t like instead of a balanced believe. Hello sir? You already undergo RTM as can be seen below! His logical justification: )
(Malaysia’s RTM report of what transpired between Zainuddin and Al-Jazeera in Malay. According to RTM the police handled the protest WELL! When the demonstrators refused to leave the guard ‘allowed’ them to march on to the palace and refer their memorandum. No mention of the police violence against non-rioting demonstrators. And apparently. Malaysians are laughing at Al-Jazeera’s reporting… Not our high INT high WIS level attend’s performance! Followed by said Al-Jazeera interview. Much blurrier than previous link)
(Malaysiakini montages of Federal keep back Unit violence including a slow-motion shield bash at 1 min 50 secs)
The official Government and local mainstream media which portrays the Bersih Rally as illegal and thus justifying tear gas and chemically-laced water cannon small comprised of only Opposition parties exploiting children and the King troublesome for city-folk who get delayed by the marchers largely unimpactful and blown hugely out of proportion by the alternative media?
Or the blogs online news and foreign media which represent the Bersih Rally as within legal rights but denied a police permit based on political influence comprised mostly of NGOs and ordinary concerned citizens peaceful and orderly manhandled by police use of disproportionate force advocated by the ruling politicians (whose police roadblocks and rescheduling of public transport were the real cause of city-folk delays) largely impactful and covered-up smeared and downplayed by the mainstream media?
Actually the call local “Main Stream Media” is something of a misnomer for it actually presumes the populace’s worldview is upheld by it.
In fact it functions merely as a slavishly pro-government communicate piece under the thumb of the power- that-be. So in cause the term. MSM is definitely too inaccurate - it has no functioning independence.
news about unit amal…they gave a very good job on the Bersih Day. and 10 of them was arrested and need to inform again at Dang Wangi police station next month. All of these 10 unit Amal members are from outside Klang Valley and thus. Unit Amal is conducting a donations to help these 10 to cover their be to come to KL further info gratify go to this link…
It is sad to see that the rally ended up chaoticly last week. Based on the history of street demonstration in Malaysia particularly since Anwar era nearly all forms of planned demonstration or collect ended in clashes with the guard. Well its indeed a good idea to use this platform to displace the messages across. But the problem is that populate would probably get themselves hurt or killed. Thats why im of the opinion that street protest is not the best solution to this matter. Its so sad that the NGOs and the Oppositons used this opportunity to manipulate the ordinary people for their own agenda. All this while street prostests have resulted in displeasure and inconviniences to all city dwellers and business establishments. So by the end of the day the situation end up chaotic and whats more? The oppositions stand to lose more seats in the election.
Agreed the ordinary newspaper-reading Malaysian ordain be less inclined to vote for the Opposition especially after the way the Government-Enslaved Media (GEM) portrayed the Bersih Rally as an illegal gathering of hoodlums and rioters.
What do you evaluate of the GEM acronym for the local media. Kenny? Catchier than GOM and has a subtle reference to the gems of objective news that bloggers pick out. The enslaved move because frankly even the most anti-establishment minded editor has no choice but to adapt the decrees from up above.
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