Jeff Ooi says...

The following is from Jeff Ooi's blog in regards with the MSM spin-doctors and their antics. The article below was copied from Maverick's blog and his comment was included. To all my friends, for the 4-5 years till the next election, please take any news reported in any MSM (main stream media), be it printed or electronic, with grabs, not pinch of salt. Do not trust immediately. In fact the same applies to blogs as well. Do read some other sources and judge yourself. You are mature enough to do so.

P/S : Stranded in LCCT now due to flight delay. Hmm...wonder if Tony still supports Shahrizat or not???

Utusan and Bernama

All leaders in states not controlled by Umno dominance must be careful.
In the aftermath of the Abdullah debacle in GE2008, Utusan Malaysia and Bernama became the two media organisations that stoked political hatred, pitting Malays against non-Malays.

Both the media groups framed Lim Guan Eng for a mention of May 13, which the new Penang CM didn't say. I knew as I stood behind him during the press interview. And the CM's press secretary confirmed the same.We queried Khalid Mohd, the Group Editor-in-Chief of Utusan.

He passed the buck to Bernama, saying that his paper had used the national news agency's dispatch, though his reporters were present during Guan Eng's interview.

We took Khalid at face value and queried Yong Soo Heong, the Editor-in-Chief of Bernama. He faxed us this letter yesterday, which I reproduce verbatim:

March 14, 2008

YAB Sdra Lim Guan Eng
Chief Minister of Penang
28th Fl, Komtar
10502 Penang


Dear YAB,On behalf of my colleagues in BERNAMA, I would like to congratulate your team and you for the recent victory in Penang.

I would also like to take this opportunity to apologise for the sloppy editing in the news story of March 12, 2008, which we mistakenly quoted you as commenting on the May 13 incident as well. The inclusion of the fact was intended to give background on the establishment of the NEP in 1971. Nevertheless, upon a thorough review, the inclusion of that fact along with your quote may have been inappropriate.

As we move forward, I would like to ensure you of BERNAMA's co-operation for your newly-formed government and shall always endeavour to help you promote the well-being of Penang and its people.

Yours sincerely,


YONG SOO HEONG
Editor-in-Chief

The Utusan-Bernama ruckus started when Guan Eng announced all government procurements in Penang will be through open tender -- something that the NEP did not address and went on to create cronies and entrench corruption in the system.

I hope the next time Umno leaders took to the streets to stoke people's sentiments along racial lines, you know who is to blame.

Source: Jeffooi.com

Note (from Maverick) : I had asked for Jeff's permission to publish this piece of information to the general public so that people are informed of the conspiracies. I hope all other bloggers will also do so. This way, we hope it will wake up the mainstream media and the conspirators who are working hard to destroy and tear apart the social fabric which will ultimately result in chaos and instigate the clash of civilization.