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The newsoutlet linked to above is owned by Mediacorp which is in-turn owned by Temasek Holdings, an investment arm of the Singaporean government. Almost all me
by hackerboos 10y ago
The newsoutlet linked to above is owned by Mediacorp which is in-turn owned by Temasek Holdings, an investment arm of the Singaporean government.
Almost all media in Singapore is owned/part-owned by the government.
They exert editorial influence on all their holdings.
- dragonbonheur 10y agoDoesn't detract from the FACT that their government is INCREASING opposition seats instead of repressing opposition.
- CyberDildonics 10y agoPeople have voted for the opposition in the face of incredibly unfair elections where the opponent is given just a few weeks where they can campaign and the media is controlled by the government. Don't buy into their propaganda, their lies are pretty blatant if you take 60 seconds to do a search.
- hellofunk 10y agoOne of Singapore's prominent politicians in the late 90's wrote an essay about why Singapore does not have free speech. He said that the U.S. requires free speech because the press acts as a check on a corrupt government. In Singapore, he claimed, the government must instead act as a check on a corrupt press. How's that for logic? You can find this article in a book of many similar essays available right up front in most major bookstores of Singapore.
- throwanem 10y agoYou seem to be saying that one of those propositions is prima facie absurd, but I'm not seeing it. Who would disagree that checking corruption in industry is a primary function of government?