Stormgate - A great loss of face for mainstream media…

[Confuseous]

Singapore’s government has, for a long time, gone on and on about the dangers of trusting alternative media, citing a lack of credibility and the spreading of misleading or false news. On the other hand, the mainstream media has been praised for its balance and trustworthiness. Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim once said that the mainstream media would be able to “separate the wheat from the chaff” and “set the right tone online”.

But in this case, not only did a STOMP employee publish false information, other mainstream media papers like The New Paper also carried the story, apparently without verifying it themselves.

Say what now, Minister?

- http://asiancorrespondent.com/84866...line-community-moment-of-sweet-schadenfreude/

 

[soIsee]

Singapore’s government has, for a long time, gone on and on about the dangers of trusting alternative media, citing a lack of credibility and the spreading of misleading or false news. On the other hand, the mainstream media has been praised for its balance and trustworthiness. Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim once said that the mainstream media would be able to “separate the wheat from the chaff” and “set the right tone online”.

But in this case, not only did a STOMP employee publish false information, other mainstream media papers like The New Paper also carried the story, apparently without verifying it themselves.

Say what now, Minister?

- http://asiancorrespondent.com/84866...line-community-moment-of-sweet-schadenfreude/

If a Minister or rather ex-minister of environment, drain and rubbish can talk nonsense like things happening once in 50 years, he could not even verify himself let alone get verification from the Almighty.

Or maybe he should have verified with Kong Ah hee which would have placed him in a very precarious position now that his mentor can not longer provide truthful verification for him!