Adding to my tots in Fake news traffickers will be hanged
there was this
“Any information related to 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) that has not been verified by the Government is considered fake news.
Datuk Jailani Johari (pic), the Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister, explained that fake news is information that is confirmed to be untrue, especially by the authorities or parties related to the news.”*
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/21/unverfied-info-on-1mdb/#QKmu29kU273TUQuU.99
M’sia is introducing legislation that would result in people found guilty of publishing “fake news” being jailed for up to 10 years or face fines of up to M$500,000: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43538109
This reminded me of
The Straits Times (ST) splashed on the front page today (16 Mar) the headline, “Fewer foreigners, more locals in workforce last year“.
It reported that the number of foreigners working in Singapore fell by 32,000 last year – the biggest in 15 years, ST said.
However buried within the artcle ST did report that the decline was mostly due to fewer work permit holders due to weakness in the construction and marine industries. For more read https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2018/03/16/net-increase-in-foreign-pmets-last-year/
I think ST’s headline is more than misleading or misrepresenting the truth: it’s “fake” news analysis. Inconvenient facts are “hidden” from view.
Sadly this is the kind of “fake” news that will be allowed. Why? Because ST and other constructive, nation-building publications and channels practice it as part of nation-building.
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act
George Orwell
Sadly in S’pore our anti-PAP cybernuts do not believe in doing revoluntary acts. They’d rather tell lies too: think Phillip Ang.
*But then
Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak (above) today assured that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filings on 1MDB won’t be considered fake news.
He said this during a meeting with foreign correspondents today which also saw the government tabling its the Anti-Fake News Bill in Parliament.
“You can quote them, what did they say, based on the filings. It is not considered fake news.
“It’s their views. Like DOJ, you quote them, what they said,” he said.
exaggeration and mocking could be regarded as deliberate falsehood; however, if nobody reads ur stuff, then there is no “spread”