The Propaganda Wing swings into action
We don't normally post reports by the Singapore Press Holdings
(SPH) but this one is so exceptionally bad that we have
made...well, an exception.
It's the report by The New Paper of the proceedings at the Burmese
embassy and the Istana.
The headline, subtext and text all have one purpose and one purpose
only and it's not to keep its readers informed.
To be sure, there has never been any love lost between the
Singapore Democrats and the PAP media.
But the folks at SPH would even slant the report to make the
Burmese embassy officials look good in order to take its swipe at
the SDP.
Our relationship is really that bad.
Ms Liew Hanqing tried to present the Burmese ambassador as some
sort of respectable diplomat that the SDP leaders were trying to
meet.
She described that even the ambassador's representative refused to
entertain us. We must have been doing something wrong to deserve
such a snub. Shame on us!
Ms Liew also covered up the fact that the official repeatedly said
that he did not want his picture taken and refused to give his name
and position when asked.
The SDP has dealt with diplomats from all over the world and none
of them have objected to their photographs taken, much less try to
hide their identity. Ms Liew, by not reporting such facts, tries to
give a favourable impression of the official.
The report also mentions that Dr Chee Soon Juan tried reading the
letter to the embassy official when in fact it was Mr
Ambalam.
In her eagerness to run-down the SDP secretary-general she got her
facts wrong. But so what? They're just facts, this is the SPH we
talking about.
The report is so over-the-top, even by PAP standards, that we
reproduce it here for readers to judge for themselves.
http://www.singaporedemocrat.org/articleburmaprotest22.html
SDP's attempt to deliver petition to Myanmar embassy and
Istana ends in farce and arrest
What a WASH-OUT
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,144373,00.html
