Duprost….

bloggers, on the other hand, just sound off as they please – these are the words by Leslie Fong, editor-at-large at The Straits Times in response to a question are bloggers journalists?. He was disagreeing with the suggestion that bloggers

properly trained journalists check and double-check their facts, set these in context, work in relevant background information – these are the words by Leslie Foong, editor-at-large at The Straits Times in response to a question are bloggers journalist…

Denzuko1 said…

Funny comment from the SPH editor. If professional journalists from SPH claimed by him have indeed the integrity to check and double check their sources, then they won’t have this arguement on whether it is laksa, mee siam, mai hum or mai hiam.

The ruling party and ‘their top orders’ to high senior in ST really give journalism in Singapore ‘ a very bad name’.

Where is their moral authority ?

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Bloggers who do their homework, ensure their sources are correct, blog in a sensible manner can be journalist as well.

I for one take an incredibly long time to write my articles precisely because of all the fact-checking, even to the details regarding whether someone is “Mr” or “Dr” — something some of the MSM reporters frequently overlook (e.g. “Mr Ng Eng Hen” or “Ms Condoleezza Rice”.)

Does he know that his “reporters” scan forums and blogs for “news”? These “reporters” announced their actual ST status and used their direct email accounts to contact forumers for leads.

Hah!!! Why would I even want to be a journalist in singapore? To work for the one and only media outlet in singapore so that I can write stuff that other people wants me to write? To shamelessly praise the government and the men in whites to the skies …

Nowhere in the reply does he say that the Straits Times employees are journalists (just like Mediacorps employee are not “Mediacorsp Stars” and not “actors”).

So “Most bloggers are not doing journalist level articles and no journalist actually work at the Straits Times” seems to be a rather correct statement.

Does this guy has any digity, pride and professional in his job ?
We need no ‘bootlickers’ in gov, we need honest and capable people who willing to serve the nation as a whole, not someone to serve to a regime’s agenda, especially for a gov that is so intransparent and secretive in their dealing.

Let’s the world decide whether he is in fact credible at all. It is because of all these bad sheeps that ST get rank to 157th. Has he really no shame ?

A few years ago there was this ST journalist by the name of Tracy Quek who linked a porno site to an article she wrote. I believe a similar incident was briefly mentioned here:

http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2007/04/dun_anyhow_send.html

I was surfing with my 5 yr old and I thought that it would be good idea to just type in the link. You can imagine the rest. I rather not elaborate.

I wrote formally to ST requesting for more information how such a mistake could have occured. What happened to professional due diligence?

So forgive me when I really dont take this statement very seriously. I cannot see how its even possible to consider it seriously without laughing.

“they ensure that the opinions expressed are based on fact, failing which, as any libel lawyer would tell you, what they write cannot be defended as fair comment.”

You can all check this out, that’s a fact. I think this says it all for the moral majority in Singapore. We are not amused.

If anything, what this PAP running dog has affirmed is the totally unreliable and biased nature of the 157th.