5/25/2012
A battle for the hearts
I was watching the news last night, trying to catch a glimpse of Png Eng Huat on TV. The coverage of Desmond Choo and the PAP was quite extensive, running into minutes. Desmond got the most air time, speaking at the podium. So I waited to see how much time was given to Png Eng Huat. All I saw was Sylvia Lim, Chen Show Mao and Pritam Singh. Png Eng Huat was not featured at all. Oh I got a glimpse of him in his walkabout, maybe 2 sec.
After a couple of days of coverage mainly on PAP candidate, finally we are seeing some balance in coverage for the two candidates and parties today. Is this a result of the criticism in cyberspace that it was a one sided reporting and a no choice situation to show some fairness in reporting? The perception and comments in cyberspace were that the reporting was obviously a one sided affair.
And what about the campaign tactics itself? The ruling party could have gone on to tell the voters of what they could do for them, on how good they are in meeting the aspirations of the Hougang people. But the key issue was to run down Png Eng Huat, calling him dishonest, questioning his integrity with a sneaky copy of the minutes of WP CEC meeting which was confidential and should not be in the hands of outsiders. The WP cannot use the OSA to arrest anyone, and that sneaky act was used repeatedly everyday to run down the WP candidate.
How this sneaky copy of minutes got into the hands of the PAP is definitely not the fault of the PAP. It must be from someone untraceable, anonymous. Maybe some unhappy WP CEC member. Definitely not a PAP supporter. The people waving this piece of minutes are definitely honourable people and would not stoop to this kind of nefarious activity to get hold of the minutes of a confidential meeting. Waving them in public is also nothing to be ashamed of.
We are at the end of the campaigning. Who will win the hearts of the people, not only the people of Hougang? Every Singaporean interested is watching the whole show and taking notes of how the game was played, who is honourable, who is dishonest, who is playing fair, who is cheating all the way. And they will make their own judgement for this by election and subsequent elections to come.
The verdict will be out in a couple of days. Who have won the hearts of daft Sinkies? Who have taken the Sinkies for granted?
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Sad thing to see a so called "local" election involving so many big shots ministers...and btw what was the local issues raised....i only saw character attack leh...did i missed anything?
The press is under no obligation whatsoever to goive equal coverage to Png. So you are saying if Nicole Seah were to run against LHL, she should be given equal airtime in Press, TV and Internet ?
The press is under no obligation whatsoever to goive equal coverage to Png. So you are saying if Nicole Seah were to run against LHL, she should be given equal airtime in Press, TV and Internet ?
A battle for the hearts.
A battle of power.
A battle of control.
A battle of bullying.
A battle of abuse of position.
A battle of the meek against the strong.
A battle of fairness.
A battle of honour.
A battle of integrity.
In a GE, the pap claims more air time, press coverage because they have more candidates than other parties. fair enough.
In a one to one BE, equal time, coverage is expected from a fair MSM.
But you know who own and run these places.
They are all honourable men. Being honourable men they do honourable things. Paying themselves high sinful salaries of millions of dollars is so honourable or eles they will not be interested in politics. Using schemes like COEs, ERPs and GSTs to squeeze money from defenseless citizens to give a false national GDP is also honourable because it shows honourable ministers have the capability to collect money from the people on the cheap. It is definitely high way robbery. Exacting high HDB housing cost and high health and medical bills to make profit is also honourable. It is also honourable to point out that workers do not deserve increase in salary because they need to increase productivity first. Yes, they are all honopurable men who pay themselves stratopheric salaries to spout hubris in parliament and hookwinlk the undescerning public. How long can these pseudo honourable men and their party last?
Eagles eye
Hahaha!
If Twinkies choose to be led by people wth faulty heart, bandaged arm and conscience-mind, then dont blame the Beans wth defects.
The people hav choices, but many chose to be blind.
,'conscience-mind' shld read conscience-less mind.
Sincere apology!
Hi Eagles eye, welcome to the blog.
And good observation.
Must win more hearts to replace their missing hearts.
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