MediaCorp, SPH, Straits Times
Why ST got to work harder/ PM defines "constructive, nation-building"
In Media on 28/07/2015 at 4:37 am
ST etc not productive
When PM recently visited an ST exhibition (170 yrsw of sucking up to the govt of the day), PM urged ST to "generate products all day and all night", and not once a day, so as to "retain its relevance and its viability".
"The Straits Times has to be of the new generation, by the new generation, and for the new generation of readers."
What he's doing is telling ST is that the PAP administration needs ST and SPH to work harder to combat the critics of the administration in cyberspace.
Team TOC is three-man strong (Terry Xu and two others) while TeamTRE is Andrew, and Richard Wan, and maybe a few others. But their productivity puts that of SPH and MediaCorp to shame. True 99% of the output of TRE and TOC is derivative, and mostly BS. But then 99.9% of the output of ST etc is derivative, and mostly BS.
The difference is that ST etc cut and paste unthinkingly from the PAP administration's media releases and editorial cheat-sheets, TOC and TRE don't. And SPH and MediaCorp have legions of journalists and editors to do the cutting and pasting; but TOC and TRE have hardly anyone by comparison.
TOC and TRE staff are citizen journalists, while the editors and journalists at ST etc are paid to do propaganda and PR for the PAP administration. PR is worse than prostitution say journalists at respected Western media organisations.
So I couldn't help laughing when PM said, "You have standing in our society. You are not a fly-by-night piece of paper circulated in dark alleys when nobody is looking," he told ST.
Doesn't he realise prostitutes operate from penthouses ans apartments in Marina Bay and district 10 and 11, and Sentosa residences too?
And, btw, TRE and TOC never had STOMP-like scandals: faking a newsy item about a SMRT train malfunction, and not telling readers that posters on STOMP were paid-employees
Constructive, nation-building media defined
PM said while ST is adapting and finding new ways to produce a commercially viable newspaper, it must continue to be conscious of its "important role in Singapore", and maintain its "hallmark of credible, balanced, objective reporting".
"I hope you will continue to maintain a balance, take a long-term perspective of Singapore's interests, and report the news for Singaporeans through Singaporean eyes."
"And in the process upholding the national interest, not campaigning for personal or corporate purposes, understanding our social and our regional context when you're reporting and commenting on sensitive or emotional issues. As a Singapore newspaper whose past, present and future is intrinsically tied to our nation, your natural stance is to be pro-Singapore."
Err pro-S'pore is pro the PAP administration?
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