The Colour of Political Censorship
Last Thursday, Mr Brown announced that he was dropped from Today, while Mr Miyagi will still continue his weekly column. This news warranted space on website of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Locally, mainly non-traditional media, aka blogs, give this news some acknowledgement (Tomorrow, Mr. Brown etc).
On the 9th, a flash mob was organised to protest against the development of this issue and was reported on Singapore Guardian Unlimited). Unexpectedly, ST's Stomp featured a short article about the flash mob with a photo of the Brown Shirt. Probably allowed as Stomp is considered non-mainstream by the Gov't.
The latest development is that even Mr. Miyagi has quitted Today on the 10th. The reason being self-evident to the local blogging community.
But is this end of the issue or the start of a crack/s in the iron glove of the current adminstration?
Will the local enforcement haul up those involved in the flash mob, thereby leading to a public outcry ? (Hopefully the Gov't is not that suicidal)
Who will be the next blogger/person to get "reprimanded" when airing his views non-partisanly?
Will the younger voters be put off by this or future occurences and thus leading to an interesting Election next time round?
Whatever the case maybe, i will end with this analogy that i came up with today :
A bird in a cage will not be happy even if its given enough food and comforts and even more female birds.
On the 9th, a flash mob was organised to protest against the development of this issue and was reported on Singapore Guardian Unlimited). Unexpectedly, ST's Stomp featured a short article about the flash mob with a photo of the Brown Shirt. Probably allowed as Stomp is considered non-mainstream by the Gov't.
The latest development is that even Mr. Miyagi has quitted Today on the 10th. The reason being self-evident to the local blogging community.
But is this end of the issue or the start of a crack/s in the iron glove of the current adminstration?
Will the local enforcement haul up those involved in the flash mob, thereby leading to a public outcry ? (Hopefully the Gov't is not that suicidal)
Who will be the next blogger/person to get "reprimanded" when airing his views non-partisanly?
Will the younger voters be put off by this or future occurences and thus leading to an interesting Election next time round?
Whatever the case maybe, i will end with this analogy that i came up with today :
A bird in a cage will not be happy even if its given enough food and comforts and even more female birds.
posted by 逍遥老头 at 2:35 PM
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