*Submitted on* 19 January 2014 - 11:26am
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Title: PAP reject gets more coverage than WP winner
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Lots of pictures to tell a story
http://readtherightthing.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/pap-reject-gets-more-coverage-than-wp-winner/
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media can be
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We have always recognised our mainstream media to be quite bias when it comes to political coverage and this is part of the reason why the opposition in Singapore has been crippled for so many years.
It is a system which is used a lot by the ruling PAP to keep control over the thoughts of Singaporeans and politicians keep wanting us to read the "right" thing:
"If you read something in the Straits Times or on CNA, you must know that it’s real."– Lee Hsien Loong, 2006.
I want to share through how even the lack of coverage can be used to silence opposition.
This is what WP MP for Punggol East has been doing on the ground.
Visit Lilian’s facebook page post here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=567552883333223&set=a.501105499977962.1073741825.393604124061434&type=1&relevant_count=1
More pictures from this page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.681181591939999.1073741854.489895054401988&type=1
She gets no media coverage although she was elected by the people and won fair and square in the elections, demolishing the PAP’s Koh Poh Koon empathetically.
But when the PAP does something in Punggol East, this is what happens:
Channel Newsasia
Straits Times
Straits Times
TODAY
Notice how Koh Poh Koon tags along to DPM Teo Chee Hean.
This is how the lapdog media helps the PAP.
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