Free The Press!

Its really interesting nowadays with regards to the mass media, especially the newspapers. The mainstream newspaper like The Star, New Straits Times, Malay Mail, to some extent the Sun has lost credibility with the public.

While I don't agree that we should boycott any media, I still subscribe just so that the Newspaper vendor has a job to deliver the Star and the Sun to my home. Today, I read the newspaper to see what kind of lies and propaganda our "great and honorable" government is pushing to us on a daily basis. Whilst it is disgusting to read the lies and obvious propaganda, I need to be informed and be able to discuss with my fellow friends and acquaintances on the "creative" reporting in our papers.

Today, the newspapers has two main agendas. Firstly, to sell newspapers via sensationalizing that would include publishing misleading reports that "sensationalize" or stirs up "racial tensions". Secondly, to serve their political masters. Therefore, it appears that Journalistic Press Freedom is dead in this country. Whatever happened to Journalistic creed to report news in a fair and factual manner? We have editors who conveniently misquote their interviewees just to sell more papers?

We should call to "Free The Press!" this can be achieve if the newspapers are not owned by any political party. We all know which party owns which paper. There should be a legislation barring any political party from owning any presses. Otherwise, they don't qualify to be termed as a Newspaper; they should be called newsletter.

Bring back Press Freedom!