New Era for the NEWS MEDIA

by Jeff Phoon


Last 2 days Malaysiakini reported in their frontpage that Dr Mohd Osman Abdul Hamid, the Pusrawi Hospital doctor who examined Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, appeared in public today to stand by his claim that he found no evidence of sodomy on the alleged victim.

This was the headline,
(picked from malaysiakini.com)
Pusrawi's Dr Osman appears in public
*First time seen in public
*'Missing' for over one month
read more at http://malaysiakini.com/news/89058
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Besides the malaysiakini.com, which stream to be more neutral; most of the local newspaper also frontpaged this news about the appearance of the Burmese Doctor.

One another is the most Chinese readers local newspaper, Chinapress.




From this phenomenon, we could foresee that reporting strategic of the local media have changed their wave into a new era !

They are more DARE-to frontline majority readers' concerned news which previously most of these con-to-government news might have been intentionally blocked or influenced by certain body to minimise the reporting coverage.

Either they are the mainstream, pro-ruling party's media where now they're transforming to be more neutral in reporting the country's political news;
Or they are from the neutral stream, none pro-and-con to ruling party's media where now they are reporting more and more opposition partys' news .



This is a great benefit to us where now we are easily obtaining more truth news, stated manifestos, yelled propaganda or other which we seldom knew previously.



Based on these new era news, we can judge now whether who is always lying and who is really care for the people !


(a fronpage cut from the most Chinese readers' local newspaper)

( photo courtesy from Malaysiakini )








Is it a wave of the news' media to welcome the arising of the new power ?

Or is it a recent encouragement from the Prime Minister himself to uphold the truth and justice when honestly reporting the facts ?