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Subscribe </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgF noWrap align=right width="1%">From: </TD><TD class=msgFname noWrap width="68%">limtuakang <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate noWrap align=right width="30%">Jan-8 6:31 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT noWrap align=right width="1%" height=20>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname noWrap width="68%">ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (1 of 21) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft width="1%" rowSpan=4> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>4994.1 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>In an article published on The Straits Times on 3 January entitled ‘Political challenges in 2009‘, ST Political Editor Ms Chua Lee Hoong expressed her reservations about the credibility of what is published on the New Media.
“The problem with the Internet is reliability”, she wrote. ”To what extent can you trust what you read online? Whether due to ignorance, mischief or sheer absence of quality control, much of what is written online has to be taken with a pinch of salt.”
Ms Chua still doesn’t understand the simple fact that there exists an inverse relationship between the credibility of the internet and that of the mainstream media.
The opinions of bloggers and netizens can only gain acceptance, credibility and influence when public trust in the mainstream media is eroded by repeated lies, spins and propaganda to serve the vested interests of a political entity.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/09/credibility-an-inverse-relationship-between-the-new-and-old-media/
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“The problem with the Internet is reliability”, she wrote. ”To what extent can you trust what you read online? Whether due to ignorance, mischief or sheer absence of quality control, much of what is written online has to be taken with a pinch of salt.”
Ms Chua still doesn’t understand the simple fact that there exists an inverse relationship between the credibility of the internet and that of the mainstream media.
The opinions of bloggers and netizens can only gain acceptance, credibility and influence when public trust in the mainstream media is eroded by repeated lies, spins and propaganda to serve the vested interests of a political entity.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2009/01/09/credibility-an-inverse-relationship-between-the-new-and-old-media/
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