What would you do if you are in control of the press?

Folks!

I really shook my head when I read comments left behind by readers of Mr. Lim Kit Siang’s and Raja Petra Kamarudin’s blogs earlier today. Their readers were commenting on MalaysiaKini’s article ‘Zam to media: No need to tell PM the truth’ published on the 12th of October 2007 which Mr. Lim Kit Siang and Raja Petra Kamaruddin had republished in their respective blogs.

There is no doubt that what the government did is indeed wrong. They should not have interfered with our local press. They should not have asked news editors to suppress the real ugly truth from the knowledge of the Malaysian public.

Because of their selfish action, we could say that our Malaysians today in general especially our Malaysian Malays (Melayu) have become ignorant, silent and dumb folks. Pardon me for saying that but it is something that is quite true.

Yes, Malaysians should be angry with our Information Minister Dato’ Seri Zainuddin Maidin. They have the right to express their anger all right and many have done that recently if we go by the comments that they had left behind over at Mr. Lim Kit Siang’s and Raja Petra Kamarudin’s blogs.

However, we should not go overboard with our feelings on this matter. Let us be sensible and realistic about it. The truth, the real awful and ugly truth is that other people might have done the same thing; suppress the naked truth from the Malaysian public if they themselves are in power and in control of the Malaysian press!

I know that some of you folks out there are quite successful. Some have their own business companies and so forth. Tell me, what did you do in that company of yours?

As the big boss or ‘tauke besar’, what sort of news that you want your employees to hear about you and your company?

Did your employees only hear good news and nice things about you and the company?

Would you let your employees know that one of your clients had recently called you an idiot, a moron or a liar?

Of course not, right? Bwah! Ha! Ha!

With all due respect to my brother in arms Mr. Lim Kit Siang, you would have done the same thing if DAP are in control of the ruling government and the local press. :-) So, please stop sensationalizing this issue.

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