What's the MSM? Don't all politicians promote themselves?
I don't know what these recent instances are about and couldn't care less. It's your general statements as contained in the above quote that needs to be corrected.
MSM stands for mainstream media. In Sinkieland, it means Shit Times, MediaCock, and other culprits. All are controlled indirectly by the Government. Directly would be too crude and negates the prime motive of control - to fool the minds of the peasants. In the PAPzis' myopic and corrupted minds, Government equals PAP equals Singapore. Which, of course, is BULLSHIT.
If you are a German citizen, as you claim to be, then you will, no must, know that Germany is not the same as the Christian Democratic Union (the ruling party of the day). If Auntie Angela were to come up with a controversial policy - newspaper A will offer support; newspaper B will say fick dilch; newspaper C will say Germany can achieve the same objective with another policy.
Even in Britain, the BBC, funded by taxpayers' money, is not a Government propaganda machine but there are controls and safeguards to ensure its independence. None of these controls and safeguards exist in Sinkieland. On the contrary, there are controls and safeguards to ensure that MSM tows the Government, ahem I mean PAP, line. If you wish to know more about how the MSM is controlled by the PAPzis, go and buy Francis Seow's "The Media Enthralled". It will not be available at MPH, Kinokuniya or Times. You will have to get it from Amazon. Ask the PAPzis why such an anomaly exists.
Yes, all politicians promote themselves. However, not all politicians have the benefit of a State funded propaganda machine to do this and to block out other non-ruling parties' message from the taxpayer funded media. And in this God forsaken island, the taxpayer funded media is the only media of significance, before the emergence of the Internet.