Already tired of the mainstream media’s bias in covering the election campaign? Don’t fret, you are not alone. And I have got just the right antidote for you. In case you haven’t noticed, there is a new blog in town. The Malaysian Election Media Monitors’ Diary, which is now in full flow. This is an initiative launched on Saturday by Charter 2000-Aliran, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) and the Writers’ Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) to monitor the media’s coverage of the 12th general election campaign. They are assisted by a team of incredibly dedicated and committed young independent volunteers. We are dissecting the media coverage in the newspapers and over radio and television. The aim is to ensure that the media coverage is fair, professional, and ethical. What this means is that there must be: * equal access to the mainstream media for all parties; * fair and [Read more]
Just spotted this hilarious skit and I thought you should check it out. It’s from the brilliant Comedy Court, which has been around since 1997. The outfit features the talented duo, Indi Nadarajah and Allan Perera. But at the end of the day, when you think about the Lingam saga, you don’t know whether to laugh or to cry… With the elections around the corner, however, you can make a difference!
This is an excerpt of a report from The Star: …Najib also announced that contributors to the Armed Forces Superannuation Fund (LTAT) would receive a 16% dividend and bonus payout, the highest since 1997. He said the LTAT would pay out 7% in dividends, 3% bonus and another 6% in special bonuses to its 120,000 contributors for 2007. “LTAT recorded a gross unaudited profit of RM606mil, a 29.2% increase compared to the RM468.9mil achieved in 2006,” he said, adding that the amount was the second highest since LTAT was established. The highest gross profit recorded was in 1996, when the fund made RM697.6mil. And here is a reaction from a friend of mine: So Najib announces a 16% dividend for LTAT. And EPF was only able to deliver 5.8% (for 2007)? ASB announced 8.5% a short while back. What does this tell us? That this is a government for all [Read more]
