From: Straits Times
IT WOULD be naive to think of newspapers as doing a service to the world when the fact is that they exist to make money. They take positions so they can please their readers, who in turn attract advertising revenue, said Attorney-General Walter Woon yesterday.
In the case of the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA), said Professor Woon, they are part of the Western media which sees themselves as ‘high priests of a new religion’ that seek to impose their own views of freedom and ‘enact regime change’ around the world, including Singapore.
Yesterday, both the local and foreign media came under the spotlight.
In contrast to the foreign media, which he accused of mounting ‘irresponsible’ attacks on the Singapore judicial system, the local media ‘did a good job’ as it was ‘restrained not only by law but also by good sense’.
It was not in the habit of ‘pulling bricks out from the foundations’, he said, unlike the foreign media, which could afford to do so as ‘they will not be around to suffer the consequences’.
From: Singapore Press Holdings:
Main board-listed Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) is the leading media organisation in Singapore, with one of the region’s most advanced printing assets.
Apart from its core business as a newspaper and magazine publisher, SPH also provides Internet portal services with online news and e-commerce facilities through its Internet arm, the SPH Internet Business Unit.
From: World Press Freedom Index 2008
Singapore is ranked at 144th amongst 173 countries surveyed, drop of 3 places from last year’s 141th. It is the ONLY developed nation placed outside the top 100 rankings below the likes of Gabon (110th), Cameroon (129th), Morocco (122nd), Oman (123rd), Cambodia (126th), Jordan (128th).
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http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/05/a...media-for-seeking-regime-change-in-singapore/
IT WOULD be naive to think of newspapers as doing a service to the world when the fact is that they exist to make money. They take positions so they can please their readers, who in turn attract advertising revenue, said Attorney-General Walter Woon yesterday.
In the case of the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA), said Professor Woon, they are part of the Western media which sees themselves as ‘high priests of a new religion’ that seek to impose their own views of freedom and ‘enact regime change’ around the world, including Singapore.
Yesterday, both the local and foreign media came under the spotlight.
In contrast to the foreign media, which he accused of mounting ‘irresponsible’ attacks on the Singapore judicial system, the local media ‘did a good job’ as it was ‘restrained not only by law but also by good sense’.
It was not in the habit of ‘pulling bricks out from the foundations’, he said, unlike the foreign media, which could afford to do so as ‘they will not be around to suffer the consequences’.
From: Singapore Press Holdings:
Main board-listed Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) is the leading media organisation in Singapore, with one of the region’s most advanced printing assets.
Apart from its core business as a newspaper and magazine publisher, SPH also provides Internet portal services with online news and e-commerce facilities through its Internet arm, the SPH Internet Business Unit.
From: World Press Freedom Index 2008
Singapore is ranked at 144th amongst 173 countries surveyed, drop of 3 places from last year’s 141th. It is the ONLY developed nation placed outside the top 100 rankings below the likes of Gabon (110th), Cameroon (129th), Morocco (122nd), Oman (123rd), Cambodia (126th), Jordan (128th).
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/11/05/a...media-for-seeking-regime-change-in-singapore/
