Ignorance #1



Budaya Tabloid ... The Tabloid Culture


Unfortunately all sides, at different degrees, are applying gossip and rumour style type of journalism;from the straight up lying Berita Harian and Utusan, to the the various reformasi homepages. It says something about the journalism culture in Malaysia, but it says more and worse about our appetite for "berita-berita sensasi dan panas"("hot" and sensationalized news). There could be no quality and thinking society if the popular media (reformasi and the goverment) promotes an atmosphere of paranoia, suspicion and sokseksoksek...