Jed Yoong

So if politicians blog, what will the MSM report?

Posted in media, mind control by jedyoong on April 9th, 2008

Erm. Since reporting politicians’ statements will become rather redundant, why will people buy papers anymore?

Hmmmmmm. And since we can ask questions directly on the blogs, what will be news?

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  1. Scott Thong said, on April 9th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

    Ah, but will they blog personally? Or dictate their words to a computer-savvy or fast-typing secretary? Or just get their campaign staff to blog in their name, with rough guidelines and obligatory approval?

  2. Zawi said, on April 9th, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    MSM will die a slow death when no one will read their spin.

  3. lesterchan said, on April 9th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    eehhh….still got…..like those things chua soi lek would not voluntarily post in his blog.

  4. wits0 said, on April 9th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    The MSM will elevate sex scandals(always a M’sian fav) to the front page.

  5. atanck said, on April 9th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    yup. all MSM became tabloid hahaha….
    they need to reinvent themselves

  6. rcchia said, on April 9th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    MSM still got use for job ads, classifieds, buy/sell things, foreign news, gossips, etc :-)

    BN politician’s version of blog is one-way communication. Cannot imagine they allow unmoderated comments or comments not agree with them - like The Star blog where comments sometimes take 1 day to appear, and sometimes not approved

  7. idham said, on April 9th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    33% of bloggers never update after one month!
    another 33% stops updating after 5 months!
    Only 33% continue….and only 1.3% updates daily like Jed Yoong hehehehe!!

    PS: all statistics quoted above are more reliable than MSM but not to be taken seriously!!!

    idham@pakpayne

  8. amadas said, on April 9th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    MSM lately has chaged its policy to being government friendly rather than BN friendly. This only showed that it still do not understand its true role in society…. and that is TO SELL CREDIBLE AND OBJECTIVE News reports.

    Being government friendly does not build a sustainable long term business for MSM. What builds its sustainable long term business is its brand equity with the consumers.

    There is nothing to stop Pakatan Rakyat from giving another one or more MSM license when they form the next government. By then its too late for the current MSM if they still do not understand its real role in society NOW!!!

  9. abu fateh said, on April 10th, 2008 at 8:41 am

    But these MSM I think still be very much needed, at least to bungkus itu nasi lemak, roti canai and ect. Also best for lap cermin lol…

    p.s Give them chance la to improve, just like our PR also needs time what…

  10. kittykat46 said, on April 10th, 2008 at 10:10 am

    I still read MSM for (no particular order)
    - Foreign News
    - Human Interest, Local stories and other Non-political reports
    - Business News ( Have to track my Stock and Unit Trust accounts kekekekek… ;)
    - Sports
    - Comics
    - Sudoku
    - Advertisements

    Easily 50 - 60 % of the paper is political junk, but the rest is worth reading.

  11. ktemoc said, on April 10th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    I like the comics section ;-)

  12. simple sam said, on April 11th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    one thing the MSM on’t be reporting is TH|IS!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u51_aBlZCqA&feature=related

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