Archives: Media Credibility
Boycott?
A people movement in Malaysia is planning to boycott mainstream media as they tend to publish unbalanced and misleading stories. “We started the campaign on not to buy papers such as Utusan Malaysia, Berita Harian, Metro, News Strait Times, on Thursday 29 November 2007 because they publish misleading information and so unbalanced,” said head of the [...]— ikram • December 2nd, 2007
AJI: Print media not impartial and objective
The Alliance of Independent Journalists, together with Tifa Foundation was monitoring the content of 10 news dailies from June 12-Aug. 4. Based on the result, they said that the print media has violated the traditional professional standards of impartiality and objectivity in their coverage of the gubernatorial election. The dailies are Indo Pos, Kompas, Pos Kota, [...]— ikram • August 9th, 2007
40 Lampung Journalists On Trip - For Free
If you were a journalist and one day were invited by the government to leave on umrah (small hajj) for free, would you say yes to it? How about going on trip to Malaysia and Singapore (again, for free) so you can conduct a comparative study? If your answer is “yes”, then you’re not alone. Forty Lampung [...]— ikram • June 29th, 2007
The Weakness of Asian Media
Why has Asian media failed in delivering news about the region? According to a report by ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau, it is mainly because they are narrow-minded and limited in scope. This is just one of the topics debated at the 4th Asia-Europe Foundation’s Asia Europe Journalists’ Seminar on May 27 in Hamburg, Germany.— ikram • June 22nd, 2007
M’sia Shut Down Scam Websites
Nice move. From AsiaNewsNetwork: The authorities have started a crackdown on cyber scams, blocking access to six illegal investment websites and raiding the offices of an Internet firm in the Klang Valley. In a press statement released yesterday, the Securities Commission said the six websites were www.abbfund.com or www.abfund.us, www.cfdventure.com, www.swedenfund.com, www.uebond.com, www.esuissefund.com or www.efmf.com.pa and www.ecashfinance.com. Please [...]— ikram • June 13th, 2007
She Trusts Them More
An Indonesian singer recently said that she trusted Malaysian journalists more than Indonesian. “Malaysian journalists are the best I’ve ever met. They can be friends. But Indonesian journalists, they can ruin your career.” said the singer, 29-years-old Rossa, to Utusan Malaysia. “That’s why about my marriage life, I only made one statement to them (Indonesian journalists). [...]— ikram • June 4th, 2007
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