Mar 31 2008
Minister accuse bloggers of bias
hmmm…definitely not talking about me :lol: small fishes like me and (thousands more like me) is not the threat or problem for anyone. I think its the heavyweights who retain loyal readers and large visitor numbers who have major impact in recent election.
Khaled: Bloggers censoring govt feedback to their sites
JOHOR BARU: Bloggers have been accused of censoring feedback sent by government departments to their websites. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the feedback was aimed at correcting inaccurate statements and false allegations about the Government, which appeared in some of the cyber articles.
He said the Government was not given a chance to explain certain issues to the people.
“There were articles criticising the Government. We also sent in many replies but they were removed by the bloggers,” he said.
Mohamed Khaled said the Government had in the past ignored such articles. “We made a mistake. The blogs play an important role. The people read and believe what’s said in the blogs. “Now, we are looking at the blogs to respond to them but are prevented from doing so,” he said.
Mohamed Khaled said he would bring up the issue in the next Cabinet meeting.
Bloggers must be fair’
JOHOR BARU: Bloggers who criticise the government should be brave enough to post responses from the government. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said government leaders trying to respond directly to allegations in the blogosphere about their performance and private lives had been rebuffed. “The bloggers irresponsibly erase our comments to prevent the public from reading our explanations on issues raised by them.
“I therefore challenge these bloggers to face the truth by posting our comments instead of giving one-sided commentaries on issues and misleading the public.”
Khaled said criticisms by bloggers could appear as the truth to the public, especially the younger generation. “This will cause them to hate the government if these criticisms are repeated by the bloggers,” he said after opening the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Johor Jaya 1 yesterday.
Khaled said the time had come for the authorities to keep bloggers in check.
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It all boils down to checking the bloggers. Why the sudden interest in blogs? The government was the one that gave birth to bloggers because of their grip on MSM and one-sided reports. Why did they monopolise the MSM to the extent that the Opposition news were blacked out?
Even if they create their own blogs and have their own bloggers spewing vitriole against the Opposition, the readers are not going to buy their spin.
The bloggers whether young or old are a discerning lot. The BN has not learned a thing even after they got a drubbing. Unless the BN changes for good, nobody would believe them. It takes time to win the trust and goodwill of the rakyat who have been maligned for decades.
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Well, it is easy to throw stone than defending against it. Now that the Opp is on the otherside, let’s see how they handle criticism.
It goes without saying that there are very few bloggers who are actually even try to be nuetral. Bloggers are popular not because they report the truth and the mainstream media are muzzled. This might be true during Tun Mahatir’s time but not now. At least the non-Malay papers are relatively dependable. Also you could hardly claim the Sun, the Tamil and Chinese papers to be pro-BN.
Bloggers are popular because they publish political fiction. They get away with murder because of the cyberspace status. Wait until a few more guys start to sue the pants of these bloggers. If RPK had written anything seditious about you can bet you last 5 sen that I would sue him to poverty, despite his royal “bodyguards”.
Finally don’t be so fast Mauriya, we have plenty of time before we can pass judgement on the wisdom of malaysians in “voting for change”. already Indians feeling being marginalised and the Malays being ripped off and cheated. The Chinese are no better off with cabinet and state exco representation being almost wiped out in BN states.
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