It appears that the state media has started its propaganda machinery ahead of the imminent general elections to nullify the threat of the New Media and utilize it to the benefit of the PAP.
In an interview with CNA, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Singapore government is set to actively engage and leverage on the new media at the next General Election due in 2012. (read full article here)
This means that a smear campaign is on its way to discredit outspoken blogs like ours which dare to challenge the political status quo in order to diminish our influence on undecided voters sitting on the fence.
What PM Lee said in this interview is nothing more than plain hogwash fit only to deceive nursery kids and an outright insult to the intelligence of well-read netizens.
Allow me to decipher, dissect and dismantle the three inherent flaws in PM Lee’s argument for you individually on its own:
1. PM Lee claimed that the Singapore government has announced initiatives to relax rules governing new media such as trying to engage citizens online through portals such as REACH, the government’s feedback arm, as well as new media outlets such as Facebook.
These are merely pathetic attempts to engage netizens through official approved channels in cyberspace and does not represent a more liberal stance adopted by the regime with regards to freedom of online speech.
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http://wayangparty.com/?p=5511
In an interview with CNA, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the Singapore government is set to actively engage and leverage on the new media at the next General Election due in 2012. (read full article here)
This means that a smear campaign is on its way to discredit outspoken blogs like ours which dare to challenge the political status quo in order to diminish our influence on undecided voters sitting on the fence.
What PM Lee said in this interview is nothing more than plain hogwash fit only to deceive nursery kids and an outright insult to the intelligence of well-read netizens.
Allow me to decipher, dissect and dismantle the three inherent flaws in PM Lee’s argument for you individually on its own:
1. PM Lee claimed that the Singapore government has announced initiatives to relax rules governing new media such as trying to engage citizens online through portals such as REACH, the government’s feedback arm, as well as new media outlets such as Facebook.
These are merely pathetic attempts to engage netizens through official approved channels in cyberspace and does not represent a more liberal stance adopted by the regime with regards to freedom of online speech.
Read rest of article here:
http://wayangparty.com/?p=5511
