Malaysian Media Promotes Racist Fascism
by Eyes Wide Open You can always predict the mood of the BN by reading between the lines of MSM reports. Leading up to the 2008 elections, the mood was arrogance personified as page after page was rife with stories of how great BN politicians are, how stupid Opposition politicians were and how subservient the … Continue reading
‘Shut the (bleep) up! Go back to Auschwitz’
Video released July 15 after conclusion of Israeli commission of inquiry into the flotilla raid. “Shut the (bleep) up! Go back to Auschwitz” — message from the Mavi Marvara ‘peace activists’ to the Israeli intercept calling on the ship to divert to the port of Ashdod. Coverage of ‘weapons or no weapons’ poser in Malaysian … Continue reading
40 non-Malays going to Gaza on jihad?
It’s industry practice that publications for the masses tailor their writings to suit their audience. It is on the basis of language or the political orientation of its readership, their interests, etc. In Malaysia, there can be different slants to the same story from the Malay press, English or Chinese press, as well as depending … Continue reading
Anti-terrorists: Israel cannot tapi M’sia Boleh?
The Rachels that Malaysians never heard of: Rachel Thaler, aged 16, blown up at a pizzeria in an Israeli shopping mall following a Hamas suicide bomb attack on a crowd of teenagers Rachel Ben Abu, 16 – blown up outside the entrance of a Netanya shopping mall Rachel Levy, 17 – blown up in a … Continue reading
Kesian the cows …
By Sharifuddin A. Latiff
Using the fate of homeless cows to spin for Barisan? Isn’t that like milking it to the laaassst drop ….
Propaganda – similarities between the Nazis & BN
by Eyes Wide Open While doing research on media manipulation and propaganda techniques used by governments to maintain their grip on power, I came across an interesting website by the The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was a trasure trove of information about the Nazi atrocities, and they had several articles about how the … Continue reading
The heads and tails of the matter
by Eyes Wide Open One of the earliest to break the cow’s head protest story was the Malaysian Insider. Their report was complete with photos, motives and names of the protest leaders. It also did not cringe from some pretty grisly shots of the cows head. However the MSM only saw fit to present the … Continue reading
It’s not the candidate, stupid!
by Reina The mainstream English media’s singing the same song, namely from The Star and the New Straits Times. And the song is called “It’s the candidate, stupid!”. Was there ever a chance that the electorate might have believed that Rohaizat Othman, whose details of disbarment from the Malaysian Bar and claims that he had … Continue reading
Responding to BN-inspired racism and prejudice
By Malaysian Heart While reading the comments which came in response to the post “Fail, Mr Home Minister, fail!” here at Hartal MSM, I came across one that I believe exemplifies the kind of racist and prejudiced thinking that BN is trying to inculcate amongst Malaysians. I reproduce my response to it here, but first … Continue reading
Is KL fingering Taib?
Posted by hartalmsm on September 4, 2010 · 7 Comments
By Reina If you thought the control on the mainstream media from the federal government was bad, you haven’t seen anything yet. The situation in Sarawak is far worse. Chief Minister Taib Mahmud has many times refused media organisations from Semenanjung to set up bureaus or house their correspondents in the East Malaysian state. He … Continue reading →
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