...Whenever there is something critical happening in Penang which I sometimes highlight in my blog. I am occasionally approached by Star reporters for further comment. And when I do comment critically, like in the case of the Penang tunnel, The Star is happy to carry my views (apart from those critical of property developers!). In other instances, they may cite material from my blog. But they rarely call me on issues of national importance. I feel sad and inadequate (tongue in cheek-lah!): I am just a ‘jaguh kampung’ whose critical views are only sought on Penang matters, when it suits the Star’s agenda. I suppose certain Star editors/journalists want to make use of me to score political points against the Penang state government – so that is why I tend to avoid them. Nothing personal – I just have no desire to be made use of. To the Star’s editors and journalists, do you accept such double standards? I mean, think of the expensive condos recently purchased in the United States and the unexplained wealth of BN politicians’ family members. (My comments on these were edited out.) Why are you not probing further into this?
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 04:05:57 +0000
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