Vivian made a grave miscalculation.
At today's context, EVERYONE in Singapore knows that MSM is the mouth piece of PAP, back in those dark ages without internet, you can say whatever you like, publish it in papers and broadcast on news, denies and distort the victims respond, people in general will get brainwashed, it worked well till the arrival of internet.
Vivian will get a backlash for punching below the belt that will cost him votes.