tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post114740635446801576..comments2023-10-16T03:51:23.632-07:00Comments on AIR-CONDITIONED NATION: Cherianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17643148647244239556noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-33194144265901821302010-12-21T06:53:09.229-08:002010-12-21T06:53:09.229-08:00great post - keep the well written posts cominggreat post - keep the well written posts cominggambling sitehttp://www.mrsgambling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-23756948005603530812008-01-10T01:31:00.000-08:002008-01-10T01:31:00.000-08:00Hi,I'm a producer with Radio Singapore Internation...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I'm a producer with Radio Singapore International and would like to interview you for an upcoming programme about the recent addition of your blog to the National Archives.<BR/><BR/>my email:<BR/>jasontanmc@mediacorp.com.sg<BR/><BR/>Hope to hear from you soon!<BR/><BR/>Many thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-15187572842475010142007-06-24T01:01:00.000-07:002007-06-24T01:01:00.000-07:00Hi :)I am a student struggling with politics. Your...Hi :)<BR/>I am a student struggling with politics. Your articles and books help me to understand the political issues better. May I ask you a question if you don't mind? Compare the style of governance during 1990-2000 as opposed to recent times, what are the main changes? And counld you make some specific references to << The Air- conditioned Nation>>?<BR/>My email address is xfdshph@yahoo.com. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1150858999515511842006-06-20T20:03:00.000-07:002006-06-20T20:03:00.000-07:00On a related issue, I found yeocheowtong dot c o m...On a related issue, I found yeocheowtong dot c o m. It's really NOT what you think it is...<BR/>What refreshing audacity! Why has this site not been shut yet, I wonder? You mean that there are really places beyond the reach of the octopus? HahaBlueheeler - the hound who sniffs out fishy newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258708201680596931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1150615484660894022006-06-18T00:24:00.000-07:002006-06-18T00:24:00.000-07:00I did not manage to catch any opposition rally due...I did not manage to catch any opposition rally due to the jammed sessions that accompanied each of them. Sadly, we get to known/hear this only not thru the press/radio or CNA. It is a clear evidence of the biased reporting. I personally experience one WP jammed packed session and had to turn back due to no parking space in sight. <BR/><BR/>I follow closely the news, on TV and radio. the views andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1150024231647304692006-06-11T04:10:00.000-07:002006-06-11T04:10:00.000-07:00Hi there, I chanced across this blog for the first...Hi there, I chanced across this blog for the first time and found it very in depth in analysis regarding the recent GE. I happen to be enrolling in NTU CS in 2008, just that I am now currently serving NS, thus I am quite pleasantly surprised to find a blog written by a CS professor here.<BR/><BR/>In your 8th point, you wrote that its is more of the regulatory structure of the media, rather than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1148961142199057402006-05-29T20:52:00.000-07:002006-05-29T20:52:00.000-07:00Hi.I chanced upon this website and would just woul...Hi.I chanced upon this website and would just would like to comment that my interpretation on the centrality of your article is the question of whether journalists should be held to a higher measure on their sense of equity, not so much in the creation or advocation of an opinion but to objectively provide information on all aspects of an argument.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps its a question of my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1148234444727606852006-05-21T11:00:00.000-07:002006-05-21T11:00:00.000-07:00aki has a response: http://akikonomu.blogspot.com/...aki has a response: http://akikonomu.blogspot.com/2006/05/singapore-urban-legends-part-deux.htmlAgagoogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427912904378599921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1148062682652789162006-05-19T11:18:00.000-07:002006-05-19T11:18:00.000-07:00I meant today's local media.I meant today's <I>local</I> media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1148062334403968702006-05-19T11:12:00.000-07:002006-05-19T11:12:00.000-07:00Does 'progress' really apply in this case? I think...Does 'progress' really apply in this case? I think journalists are either honest (to the best of their knowledge) or they are not (whether that is 50% honest today or 75% honest today)– or perhaps you have a different way of seeing that. <BR/><BR/>I still don't have a high opinion of the local media, but it is not because I despise its lack of objectivity - I tolerate it better than most because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147953410395535912006-05-18T04:56:00.000-07:002006-05-18T04:56:00.000-07:00Hello, readers are not stupid. From the selection ...Hello, readers are not stupid. From the selection and layout of pictures used in the newspaper and the underlying tones used, it's not hard to draw a conclusion. We just want a more balance reporting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147715136059154872006-05-15T10:45:00.000-07:002006-05-15T10:45:00.000-07:00I think a more appropriate title would be "Confess...I think a more appropriate title would be "Confessions of a Singapore Journalist".<BR/><BR/>Your points touched on the known disappointments of the intellectual space in Singapore, and I bet most of the thinkers, ie minority and silent; are not surprised by the mainstream press during this election:<BR/><BR/>"You guys did as expected buddy, still room for improvement"<BR/><BR/>let me summarise Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147618143862786022006-05-14T07:49:00.000-07:002006-05-14T07:49:00.000-07:00I do agree on the last point, "Faced with that con...I do agree on the last point, "Faced with that contradiction, the intellectually simplest response will always be to shoot the messenger."<BR/><BR/>While I agree that it is unfair to expect that government controlled mainstream media in Singapore to be sympathetic to the progressive ideologies and that the local press are a bunch of self-serving sycophants, I am not convinced that opposition Kelvin Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09823746221321962729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147548314849688532006-05-13T12:25:00.000-07:002006-05-13T12:25:00.000-07:00Hello Jessica here with just a couple of random qu...Hello Jessica here with just a couple of random questions.<BR/><BR/><BR/>1. (re: Point 8/9)What do you think would be a decisive push factor in the Government reconsidering relaxing the media licensing scheme?<BR/><BR/>It seems that the online community can bitch for all its worth, but its opinions would not very likely cause a shift since it remains a minority viewpoint. <BR/><BR/>The general Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147539685342477982006-05-13T10:01:00.000-07:002006-05-13T10:01:00.000-07:00In the last week or so, I've seen the ST being acc...In the last week or so, I've seen the ST being accused of a massive number of things, lack of objectivity being one of them. Apart from the obvious problematic expectations of achievable objectivity, I wonder what they would make of papers that they claim to revere, such as the NYTimes. After all, at the recent dinner involving Bush with a performance by the Daily Show's Stephen Colbert, nearly Mezzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832423014086477073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147448115233756702006-05-12T08:35:00.000-07:002006-05-12T08:35:00.000-07:00Hey Cherian, Alfian here...I think your analysis, ...Hey Cherian, Alfian here...<BR/><BR/>I think your analysis, being confined to the English media, is somewhat incomplete. I've had the opportunity to review the Malay newspapers (Berita Harian) published during the election period, and was alarmed at the almost rabid pro-PAP, anti-Opposition stance the paper was taking. <BR/><BR/>(Re: Point number 6) If indeed journalists wrote according to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147440372039926802006-05-12T06:26:00.000-07:002006-05-12T06:26:00.000-07:00I do think the mainstream media has "improved" in ...I do think the mainstream media has "improved" in a way, though I believe that the improvement is never to the extent that would cause the PAP to frown. That's why it disappoints.<BR/><BR/>And any minute improvement can easily be exaggerated and co-opted into discourses about openness and so on. The real test for the media, I would say is not how it behaved during the elections, but how it would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030386.post-1147439143584045042006-05-12T06:05:00.000-07:002006-05-12T06:05:00.000-07:00...Not if your friendly senior editor is also an I......Not if your friendly senior editor is also an ISD operative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com