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Al Jazeera responds to Vivian Balakrishnan’s accusations

Posted by theonlinecitizen on April 29, 2010 14 Comments
<!--end: postmeta--> The following is Al Jazeera’s response to Dr Vivian Balakrishnan’s remarks in Parliament on 27 April 2010. The MCYS minister had accused Al Jazeera of “[failing] to ascertain the facts” in its report on the homeless issue in Singapore.
TOC understands Al Jazeera has also sent its response to the Straits Times.
TOC will respond to the minister’s remarks later today.
I write in response to criticism of Al Jazeera English’s recent story on homelessness in Singapore.
Al Jazeera stands by the report which we feel is factually correct.
The homeless couple featured in our report were locked out of the system of state support because of bureaucratic regulation.
The fact that they were previously successful and had owned and sold homes was mentioned in the report, but was not strictly relevant.
The real point of story was to illustrate how the safety net in Singapore sometimes fails to catch those who have fallen on hard times – whatever their background – because of the rules governing access to assistance.
The Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports was twice invited to respond to the claims made in the report, but declined Al Jazeera’s request for an interview.
Nevertheless, our reporter did include a previous statement from Dr Balakrishnan defending the Singaporean government’s approach to the problem of homelessness and we would like to renew our invitation to Dr Balakrishnan to appear on the channel to discuss this issue.
Regards,
MARCUS CHEEK | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, NEWS| ASIA
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[halsey02]

Tell Vivien to sue Al J....if they are not telling the truth...

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

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   Vivian Lee Bee Wah 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> The <leo_highlight style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; cursor: pointer; display: inline; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" leohighlights_keywords="ministry" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dtheonlinecitizen.com" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dministry%26domain%3Dtheonlinecitizen.com" leohighlights_underline="true">Ministry</leo_highlight> of Community Development, Youth and Sports was twice invited to respond to the claims made in the report, but declined Al Jazeera’s request for an interview.
   Remember the case of the lady MP and the PRC table tennis coach ??
   Al Jazeera has renewed their invitation for him to appear on the channel to discuss the issue.
   Vivian Balakrishnan Lee Bee Wah, the ball is in your court.
   
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   Baoqingqing 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> Vivian in Parliament accused Al Jazeera of not checking their facts, but failed to reveal that he had twice declined thier request for interview..
   So, was Vivian trying to mislead the Parliament and the people?
   
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   coco 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> Vivian “the chicken” would not dare to be interviewed by Al Jazeera. Vivian and all the other MIW guys are strawberries that must be protected from the harsh reality of an open debate on TV not controlled by MIW.
   
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   NewFrontier 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> The minister said: “Some irresponsible websites have also caused these falsehoods to circulate widely on the internet. Now that the facts are out, let us see whether those who have been propagating these falsehoods have the courage and the honesty to set the record straight.”
   I now invite the minister to “have the courage and the honesty to set the record straight.”
   I also invite MSM like The Straits Times, Today and Channelnewsasia to do likewise and refute what the minister said that “Some irresponsible websites have also caused these falsehoods to circulate widely on the internet”.
   If MSM do not do this then aren’t they too spreading such falsehoods?
   Minister Shanmugam you said recently that we should have more faith in our mainstream media. But how to have more faith when they present one-sided news?
   
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   James 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> The world will be a better place with Al Jazeera around. I want it back on MioTV!
   
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   Bruce W 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> If there’s nothing to hide, why the Govt ‘cleaned up’ the beaches to get rid of the campers?
   
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   myviewsarerestored 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> wah lau..dr balekampond declined TWICE? liked that can i retracted my apologies?
   be a MAN..afterall dr balekampond used to be a championed uni debater as claimed by his close unimates…
   
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   Citizen A 29 April 2010
   <!--end: comment-head --> Come on, $million Minister!!
   You the one who throw in the challenge!!
   The other side has responded.
   Your move! We are all waiting to see the show!!
   
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    Bullsitizan 29 April 2010
    <!--end: comment-head --> I noticed the words used, “spreading falsehoods”, as opposed to ‘telling lies’
    Can any legal folk here enlighten why Vivian doesn’t say outright like, “AJ told lies, or AJ lied” instead of using words spreading falsehoods, failing to ascertain facts.
    Besides, glaring fact is why PAP or Govt for that matter don’t sue AJ for spreading falsehoods, like they did in the past to various western presses?
    
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    MINISTER 'NO BALLS' TO BE INTERVIEWED BY AJ 29 April 2010
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    beaver balakrishnan 29 April 2010
    <!--end: comment-head --> Now that Al Jazeera has spoken out against Mr Vivian, and revealed that he in fact rejected the invitation twice, let’s see how he would explain for this. No doubt his reponse would be bullocks.
    
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    Dumb and dumber 29 April 2010
    <!--end: comment-head --> “And if National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan is unable to defend this policy, ‘he deserves to lose’ at the next general election, he quipped, to laughter from the participants, including a chuckling Mr Mah.”
    Source: http://www.pmo.gov.sg/News/Transcri...wer+foreign+workers+in+five+years+says+MM.htm
    >> The same rule applies to Vivian?
    
    
    

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[garlic]

if he accepts the invitation, i chop!

 

[redlightmeansgo]

which fucking tyrant in the world plays by another man's rule? The term dictator is self-explanatory.

the mark of the devil is to turn a half lie into the truth and have everyone believe it.

Sounds vaguely familiar?

 

[makapaaa]

So will the 'trusted' 154th carry Al Jazeera's reply?

 

[singveld]

pap manage kick it out of the air, i think it is pap that fxxk arabs english channel. these english channel are full of angmoh. not arabs.