Chua Mui Hoong: ST editors are bitches!

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It's true, ST reporters are straining at the leash (It's true, we are bitches!)
Creative tension between the generations keeps the paper relevant
Published on Sep 17, 2011
By Chua Mui Hoong, Review Editor

ARE Straits Times reporters straining at the leash, only to be yanked back by their pro-government fuddy-duddy editors?

Those who read the leaked WikiLeaks cable concerning Straits Times reporters might come away with that impression.

The cable reported conversations two ST journalists had with United States officials on the state of the Singapore media in 2008 and 2009. The theme: 'There is a growing disconnect between ST's reporters and its editors, with the reporters wanting to do more investigative and critical stories than the editors will allow.'

A quick Google search will locate the report. I'm not repeating the names here. As a journalist who believes the lifeblood of the trade is information, and who enjoys a good old jaw with all kinds of folk on all manner of issues under the sun, I want to uphold this sacred principle: Never reveal your source. I learnt this not in journalism but in primary school. Never tell Anna that Barbara said she's fat. Or you end up with no friends.

The reporters have not denied the conversations took place, but have said their reported comments did not accurately reflect what they said, or their views. Online, some netizens have used the episode as yet another opportunity to excoriate The Straits Times. The report was also picked up by wire agencies.

I think the only reason why the report attracted such attention is that it was interpreted as confirmation of what many suspected: that the Singapore Government puts pressure on the Singapore media to influence its coverage. But if anyone had asked us, we would have said so openly. Of course the Singapore Government tries to influence coverage in the national newspaper - just as the US government tries to manipulate not just newspapers in America and the rest of the world, but even Hollywood. (US eat shit, you also want to eat shit?)

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[makapaaa]

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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Just ask Mr Karl Rove, former president George W. Bush's long-time adviser. US government tactics range from the usual verbal inducements of flattery or battery to 'cultural diplomacy' and even 'embedding' journalists - when reporters sign contracts restricting what they can report in exchange for the privilege of living with and reporting on soldiers in military units or war situations.

In fact, every company chief executive, school principal, public relations manager, concerned parent, and anyone who has ever held a view on whether there should be less or more sex in the paper, has tried to influence the media. (Attempts to fudge the problem)
Editors' karma is to handle and balance all these pressures without succumbing to strong-arm tactics (like threats to cancel subscriptions or withdraw an ad). (Then why succumbing the strong arm tactics of the govt???)

As one of my bosses wrote in an internal memo when the WikiLeaks story broke: 'As media professionals, we must expect that people want good coverage and will use all the tools in their PR kit to achieve this. For the editors, dealing with such pressures can be maddening, but it's par for the course.'

Or as another editor put it: 'We are not afraid to sometimes walk that thin line,because our position has always been that the public interest comes first.' (Public interest or party interest?)

So, if the Government and Ah Chan, Arul and Ahmad have views - and conflicting ones - on what goes into the paper, why should there be surprise that reporters and editors differ in their views?

From my vantage point as a journalist who has been in the ST newsroom for 20 years, I am proud to confirm that there is indeed a climate of reporters straining at the leash, being yanked back by editors.

There was one even back in the early 1990s, when I was a rookie reporter. The difference is that back then, I was among those straining at said leash. (Lying Bitch was helicopter in as she was in ISD.)

One of my early commentaries extolling dialect over Mandarin was criticized by a minister in Parliament, to the dismay of my Teochew-speaking father who read about it in the Chinese papers. I have been labelled subversive and called a firebrand.

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[makapaaa]

These were badges of honour I wore, as should every young journalist out to make the world a better place.

Over the years, my perspective broadened and (I hope) deepened. My basic values remain the same, but I also became a stakeholder, with property in Singapore, young charges in the education system and a vested interest in making this place -and its media system - work. (Over the years, she know how to por the govt lumpar so kenna promoted, yet another lie.)

Young people view the world as one of Them versus Us; Authority versus Free Spirits; Government versus People; Editors versus Reporters. Then, as you grow older, you realise there's no Them and Us. There's just us - with different viewpoints, but engaged in the same endeavour. (In short we are all bitches!)

These days, as an editor who handles young reporters' copy, I am among those yanking them back, doing the same kind of probing, questioning and refining my editors subjected my writing to. (Learn from my propaganda masters to curtail freedom of reporting by the reporters.)

And that is the nature of the life cycle and the way things should be. I would be sad if it were the reverse: If young reporters lacked zeal and idealism and had to be prodded by editors to push boundaries. (OUTRIGHT BLATANT LIE!!!)

I would be disappointed in my young colleagues, if some of them did not feel the angst and frustration I felt as a young journalist, when some of my most acerbic phrases in a commentary, or my more critical story ideas, got thrown out. (OUTRIGHT BLATANT LIE AGAIN!!!)

The Straits Times newsroom is a microcosm of Singapore society. If we are successful in attracting and retaining talent, the news pool will have people across the generations, with their own deeply held and diverse sense of values and convictions. The 25-year-old will have her view of what makes for a good paper. The 50-year-old editor will have his view. (This is why SG papers got such low ranking from RWB.)

The latter has the weight of experience and authority; the former has vigour and freshness. While the editor's formal position means he makes the final call, neither side should completely win the tussle. Both sides must influence each other. It is in that creative tension that The Straits Times can best play its role and remain relevant into the next generation.

And one day, the 25-year-old will turn 50 and become an editor. Her instincts will be different from today's editor. But if The Straits Times does things right, there will be another generation of 20-somethings complaining about her, and straining at the leash longing for change. (This will never happen if there is no Fascist government like the PAP.)

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[makapaaa]

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[TD="class: msgtxt"] But if anyone had asked us, we would have said so openly. Of course the Singapore Government tries to influence coverage in the national newspaper - just as the US government tries to manipulate not just newspapers in America and the rest of the world, but even Hollywood.
=> This is a plain lie. The US does not control the papers like the FAP does through AssPH. She is just trying to salvage the Wikileak on FAP's control of AssPH by twisting and turning like a snake.
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[streetsmart73]

hi there


1. aiyoh!
2. which bitch and dog will ever bite the hands that feed it?

 

[Alamaking]

My ex boss was once a writer in SPH, he quit because of restrictions for reporting the truth, he was disgusted. Now he's a millionaire living at Holland road, hahaha.....

 

[Cruxx]

Paedophile: Roman Polanski, the famous Hollywood director, raped a child too. Why can't I do the same? :(

 

[Cruxx]

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[TD="class: msgtxt"] But if anyone had asked us, we would have said so openly. Of course the Singapore Government tries to influence coverage in the national newspaper - just as the US government tries to manipulate not just newspapers in America and the rest of the world, but even Hollywood.
=> This is a plain lie. The US does not control the papers like the FAP does through AssPH. She is just trying to salvage the Wikileak on FAP's control of AssPH by twisting and turning like a snake.
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If only the US government shares the PAPzis' taste for litigation.

 

[Loofydralb]

why people still bother reading her drivel? I gave up half way thru this virgin' s bitch nonsense.
She is forever trying hard to make people think she is pro singaporeans.
Ugly bitch some more. Nobody wants her.

 

[scroobal]

Every media entity has pressure, influence and threats emanating from various directions. As they report events of the day, write influencing and directional pieces, their importance is obvious. The idea and trick is to work hard, stick as hard to society's and one's moral compass and deliver an honest, objective and a quality publication that society appreciates, the man in the street respects and the journalists can be proud.

This prostitute is so deep in this that she is does not realise that she is one of those are applying the pressure as a representative of an oppressive regime that has great difficulty connecting with its people, increasingly being isolated by the emergence of alternate media presence and still has its head buried firmly in the sand thinking that things will go away and the society will be much better for it.

The view of SPH is not held by a segment of society but the society at large as well as the educated world and their peers around the world. They have been constantly rated below the norm in a consistent manner. Ms Chua, her sister and the rest of the SPH should ask themselves is this worth it at personal level. I suspect that it does and no different to a 2 bit hooker who sells her body and soul and claims that she has acquired wealth and status.

 

[Loofydralb]

Every media entity has pressure, influence and threats emanating from various directions. As they report events of the day, write influencing and directional pieces, their importance is obvious. The idea and trick is to work hard, stick as hard to society's and one's moral compass and deliver an honest, objective and a quality publication that society appreciates, the man in the street respects and the journalists can be proud.

This prostitute is so deep in this that she is does not realise that she is one of those are applying the pressure as a representative of an oppressive regime that has great difficulty connecting with its people, increasingly being isolated by the emergence of alternate media presence and still has its head buried firmly in the sand thinking that things will go away and the society will be much better for it.

The view of SPH is not held by a segment of society but the society at large as well as the educated world and their peers around the world. They have been constantly rated below the norm in a consistent manner. Ms Chua, her sister and the rest of the SPH should ask themselves is this worth it at personal level. I suspect that it does and no different to a 2 bit hooker who sells her body and soul and claims that she has acquired wealth and status.

Lets not degrade hookers. They are more dignified and honest. I have more respect for the girls in Geylang than these bitches at Braddell (or Brothel?).

These so called reporters on top of being ugly and can never succeed in selling their wares on the sidewalk, instead turn to SPH for their custom.

 

[zhihau]

The view of SPH is not held by a segment of society but the society at large as well as the educated world and their peers around the world.

actually, it is the sycophants we should really worry about :o:o:o

 

[scroobal]

Well said. And she surely has got to be the long running self appointed President of the lot.

actually, it is the sycophants we should really worry about :o:o:o

 

[scroobal]

Got a point bro. Sorry.

Lets not degrade hookers. They are more dignified and honest. I have more respect for the girls in Geylang than these bitches at Braddell (or Brothel?).

These so called reporters on top of being ugly and can never succeed in selling their wares on the sidewalk, instead turn to SPH for their custom.

 

[Cruxx]

Lets not degrade hookers. They are more dignified and honest. I have more respect for the girls in Geylang than these bitches at Braddell (or Brothel?).

These so called reporters on top of being ugly and can never succeed in selling their wares on the sidewalk, instead turn to SPH for their custom.

I just can't see them being offered jobs at reputable news agencies such as Reuters or Press Association.

 

[myfoot123]

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[TD="class: msgtxt"] But if anyone had asked us, we would have said so openly. Of course the Singapore Government tries to influence coverage in the national newspaper - just as the US government tries to manipulate not just newspapers in America and the rest of the world, but even Hollywood.
=> This is a plain lie. The US does not control the papers like the FAP does through AssPH. She is just trying to salvage the Wikileak on FAP's control of AssPH by twisting and turning like a snake.
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Shit Times is smelly, don't ask we also know. She tried to defend the odor and said it smells nice. What a bitch.

 

[scroobal]

SPH pay is much higher than any of the new agencies. SPH journalists are also better qualified academically. Chua Mui Hoong went to Oxbridge and Harvard. This Govt is running a full blown propaganda operations. They are not playing masak masak. Reuters and various agencies do work for SPH.

These are people who do not dream to do journalism. They are there to do a different mission. I can assure you that working for Reuters was never in the programme.

I just can't see them being offered jobs at reputable news agencies such as Reuters or Press Association.

 

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Churchill is right... She is indeed ugly..