Press Muse – The Numbers Tell No Story

Nov. 3 | Spiegel - UPDATE – 3 November, 2040hrs Wednesday’s (3 November) print edition of the Straits Times’ story provides some basic details on the survey that was missing from the online version published Tuesday evening. In a infobox placed...

Press Muse – Calling STOMP’s bluff

Apr. 4 | By Spiegel Once upon a time, when laypersons chance upon information they deem of relevance to a wider audience, they’d be inclined to pay deference to the professionals – they couldn’t disseminate the information themselves anyway. So they...

Red light area gets out of line

Mar. 20 | From the Star Online By Seah Chiang Nee With Singapore allowing in a million foreigners in the past 10 years, it just had to happen. Recent police crackdowns on hot spots was an eye-opener on how deep organised crime has dug in Do not be afraid of the...

ST and LHZB censor Chee’s letter on PAP undermining Singapore’s interests

Mar. 18 | This article first appeared in SINGAPORE DEMOCRATS In an interview which Lianhe Zaobao (28 Feb 10) did with Dr Chee Soon Juan, reporter Ms Yew Tun Lian implied that Dr Chee was being funded by foreigners to undermine Singapore. This story was also reported...

Press Muse: Speaking “truth” for power

Dec. 28 | Invitation: The Online Citizen & Talk Politics’ Year In Review special forum will take place on Thursday evening, 29 December 2009, at the Post Museum. The forum will start at 7pm and end at about 10.30pm. Please do come and join us.  A Man in...

Malaysiakini turns 10, so where’s Singaporekini?

Nov. 28 | As Malaysiakini, an independent Malaysian news website, celebrates its 10th anniversary, Cherian George gives his take on why a “Singaporekini” has not emerged here in Singapore. Cherian George SINGAPOREANS may fancy ourselves the most envied nation...

Freedom Press Index divorced from reality?

Oct. 31 | Gangasudhan / Photo courtesy of Mark O’Brien under Creative Commons Singapore officials seem to have missed the point of the index by erroneously equating it with press quality. IN RESPONSE to the Freedom Press Index 2009 released last week by Reporters...

“If you want to do journalism, don’t do it in Singapore.”

Oct. 15 | Terence Lee Recently, Lin Junjie, the ex-Chief Editor of the Nanyang Chronicle, wrote a piece about the censorship of campus news media. This article is a reflection of a similar theme. ONE YEAR ON, it seems like nothing has changed. It wasn’t so...