The recent revelation of ‘reputable’ American media printing fake news
or alternative truths in their papers came as a rude shock to the
ordinary unsuspecting readers who have all the years been made to
believe that these media only print the truth, nothing but the truth,
with some claiming to double or triple check their facts before
printing, to ensure that they print only the truth. And of course some
of these media have been ranked at the bottom of the list for their fake
news printing prowess.
What has happened in the USA may have rubbed off some people in
Singapore to realize that there were lots of fake news printed in the
media and that these are dangerous. Oops, I must make a clarification
on this. Fake news only occurred in social media, not in the century
tested, proven, trustworthy and reliable main media. They print only
real news, factually correct and nothing else. The govt is starting to
get uneasy and planning to introduce more laws to protect the citizens,
normally very daft, not sure it is part of the DNA or nurtured, so that
they would not read fake news. To do so, people who published fake news
would face the wrath of the new laws and may end up behind bars. This is
how serious the govt is today, to protect its people from being harm by
fake news.
The most reputable paper in the island that only published truthful news
(please ignore the fake reports that ranked the reputable paper at the
bottom of the ladder) has come out to tell its reader not to worry as
they would help the people to decide what is fake news from real news.
And if the readers are not sure, they can ask the paper for their
opinion. I am not sure how the local media are going to do this,
probably a hot line to let readers call in to check on the news, is it
fake or not fake. This is how caring the govt and local media have
become, to make sure the daft citizens of this island would not be
bluffed by fake news and taken advantage of.
In the past I used to tell myself that when I write a satirical post or a
joke, I must add a PS at the bottom of the article to tell my readers
that it is a satire or a joke as they are not supposed to know the
difference and would take everything as real stuff. And for believing
my satire or joke as real, I can be accused of propagating fake news
because the readers cannot tell the difference and I did not tell them
it is not real. I think from now onwards when I write something I must
add a remark to tell my readers that it is real or fake news, not that
my readers could not tell but one or two here may have such problems,
but to protect myself in case the law comes after me for publishing fake
news. I think it should be alright if I print something that is fake, a
satire or a joke and state it as so, then I would not be accused of
publishing fake news to mislead the innocent and unthinking readers that
are supposed to have difficulties telling the difference. When you have
a nation of daft, people with low thinking ability despite having
tertiary education, it is necessary to take precaution not to mislead
them and to protect them. Did someone say they never grow up?
So what if more than 50 percent of the population received tertiary
education and cannot tell between fake and real news? If they could then
the govt and the media would not have such a big headache trying to
come up with laws and assistance to help them understand. Dunno to
laugh or to cry.
Stupidity has no cure. Maybe next time they will teach the people how to
have sex and pass law to protect them in case they can’t tell the
difference between having real sex and fake sex. Oops, I am walking a
fine thin line on posting another piece of fake news. Ok, ok, no such
things ok, I am just using an example, not because of inhaling some
drugs or hallucinating without the aid of drugs. Ok, ok, I am just
another daft Singaporean that needs the protection of the laws on fake
news. Thank you very much. Now I feel safer already.
I am so very tired of this sarcasm and thinly guise tongue-in-cheek comments from Redbean. If you have somethong to say, say it out loud. If you are afraid of consequences then like all Singaporeans, please do not say anything. We live in a very "controlled" state, so like many we have to bite our tongues and say nothing. I am saying this for your sake, as I do not want any harm to come to you. OK Redbean? From a caring friend and reader.
ReplyDeleteAnon 10:14, for the good of your mental health, you should go and hide in your toilet and not to visit this blog. If you keep coming here, soon you will end up in IMH.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is the best place to protect people like you from the harm of fake news.
All western democracies, western governments and mass media manuafacture, generate fake news and misdirect them from their propaganda department and official reports. Now many people have awakened to the evil of their insidious fake news. The true and factual news come from the social new of the people who feel cheated and shortchanged by governments and their official mass media fake news. That is why they feel uneasy and try to use unfair means of using new one sided illicit laws to prevent the people from getting true and factual news from the social media. Many non western fake democracies are fast picking evil the evil traits of their ex-imperialists and colonial masters to cheat and bluff their own people for their own selfish and self aggrandizement agenda.
ReplyDeleteDown with fake democracies and fake news from the mass media.
Stand united against fake democracies and fake mass media
Awakened Soul
Uncle, that man is an IMH case. He is so tired of your comments but keeps coming back for more. Seow lang.
ReplyDeleteA propaganda machine cannot have rivals. Clear.
ReplyDelete"So what if more than 50 percent of the population received tertiary education and cannot tell between fake and real news? If they could then the govt and the media would not have such a big headache trying to come up with laws and assistance to help them understand. Dunno to laugh or to cry." RB said.
ReplyDeleteIn a draconian society of absolute power, with a political party single-handedly holds all the powers of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, dominating the Law-Making Body called the Parliament (or more appropriaty, the PAP-LEE-MEN) with 93% majority, trigger-happy Minions make more and more laws in order to justify their own selfish existence and their millions of dollars of obscene salary. In addition, the draconians' ruthless characteristics must be displayed for all to see so the the Weapon of Fear can be driven into the hearts and minds of all citizens, especially the stupid, the coward and the parasites who earn a living by being a sycophantic self-protective Blood-suckers.
This is not new. This is the continuation of the stranglehold being applied more and more in order to stamp out dissent and exposure of truths by whistleblowers, because the cupboards, cabinets and libraries are overflowing with skeletons that have become too difficult and tedious to hide. There are too many people in the know already. Even though there is an Official Secrets Act, it is not enough to lock up the skeletons and zip the lips of unhappy people.
Unhappiness leads to depression if prolonged. Prolonged for 50 years, the depression is bound to become acute. Acute depression causes the mind to release all the shits it has been accumulating in the past. When shits come out of credible and high profile key personalities from the Inner Circle, vast damages can be inflicted upon the incorrigible Liars who have been hook-winking the public for too long.
This is also a sign of desperation. They have come to the cross-road at the precipice. It is either down the southern slop or down the eastern, western or northern slop. Whichever way they choose, it is down. No more up.......
According to Phillip Ang ( https://likedatosocanmeh.wordpress.com/ ), Temasek CEO Ho Ching has earned hundreds of million in tax dollars. Is this fake news ?
ReplyDelete@ AnonymousJuly 11, 2017 10:14 am
ReplyDeleteI am so very tired of this sarcasm and thinly guise tongue-in-cheek comments from Redbean. If you have somethong to say, say it out loud. If you are afraid of consequences then like all Singaporeans, please do not say anything. We live in a very "controlled" state, so like many we have to bite our tongues and say nothing. I am saying this for your sake, as I do not want any harm to come to you. OK Redbean? From a caring friend and reader.
Yo-hoo, If you are sick, please go and see a doctor. Don't come here to read RB's excellent writings, which your sick mind cannot appreciate nor comprehend. Sarcasm or tongue-in-cheek or not, if you can't take it because you have not grown up, the I advise you to go a knock your thick and sickening head against the toilet walls and after that look at yourself in the MIRROR! Alternatively, you can just go and FUCK A SPIDER!
True News: China Sovereign-Wealth Fund Reports Investment Return of 6.22% for 2016 ; China Sovereign-Wealth Fund Says Annualized Return at 4.76% Since Inception
ReplyDeleteAnonymousJuly 11, 2017 12:15 pm:
ReplyDeleteAccording to Phillip Ang ( https://likedatosocanmeh.wordpress.com/ ), Temasek CEO Ho Ching has earned hundreds of million in tax dollars. Is this fake news ?
One reliable source put her salary, plus boneses, plus variable performance pay, plus other allowances and perks, all in all, her total income can easily be more than $10 million per year, after tax.
Multiply by the number of years she has been holding the two posts simultaneously (CEO and Executive Director), 100 million dollars of taxpayers' money and CPF rightful returns into her pocket is too conservative an estimate, I am afraid.
There must be good reason why they are afraid to reveal the income of all those top hanchos at Tenasek and GIC, and Gov-linked companies.
There must be good reason why these companies and SWFs are made private enterprise instead of public assets.
There must be good reason why they did away with the Estate Duties.
There must be good reason why they purposely make a tax deduction of 300% in the year 2015, when LKY died, for every dollar you donate to Charity.
Every move they make there must be a good hidden reason not to be revealed to the public.
So, it fit into the whole picture if you put 2 and 2 together. Why is Fake News Law necessary? Think about it. Think deep and hard, and you will get the answer.
Are omissions of news also fake news? Oppos speeches in parliament are frequently unreported .. whereas govt are given full coverage.. is this fake news?
ReplyDelete"Why is Fake News Law necessary? Think about it. Think deep and hard, and you will get the answer." anon July 11, 2017 12:52 pm
ReplyDeleteWe think deep and hard, but still cannot get the answer leh.
PAP people very transparent, nothing to hide leh, nothing they don't want people to discuss or speculate leh.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteTrue News: China Sovereign-Wealth Fund Reports Investment Return of 6.22% for 2016 ; China Sovereign-Wealth Fund Says Annualized Return at 4.76% Since Inception
July 11, 2017 12:37 pm
This one must be fake news. How can Chinamen be so clever, make so much more money than our foreign and local talents that are paid in the millions? Cannot be right? Pay peanuts get monkeys. Pay millions, get million dollar talents, worth every cent paid.
ReplyDeleteThe Amount of Cynicisms at the Leeders in Sin is simply unbelievable. lt is also unprecedented in history.
If such a situation happens in any other country, it would not be left simmering.
There would have had no confidence vote against the Regime or worse, uprising and revolution.
ln Country like Japan, leader would commit Hara Kiri or Seppuku to keeping one's honour.
However, in Shameless Sin where there is absolutely no
礼仪廉耻，Sinkies keep manipulating and exploiting others with impunity.
This is Sin.
patriot
DeleteMy apology.
义 to correct 仪 in my above comment.
patriot
ReplyDeleteMe am personally damn shameful of living under such a Regime.
But,
please do not tell me to quit.
As one older than most of the Sin Rulers, l do like to tell the Leeders to quit Sin and go and live their life of plenty and in opulence.
Most of them have more rhan enough to live many generations without having to work.
SO, PLEASE EXPLOITING THE DAFT SINKIES ANY FURTHER.
IT IS TERRIBLE SIN TO DO SO.
patriot
DeleteSO,
PLEASE
STOP
EXPLOITING THE DAFT SINKIES ANY FURTHER.
Amendment to my previous comment.
My apology.
patriot
DeleteSO,
PLEASE
STOP
EXPLOITING THE DAFT SINKIES ANY FURTHER.
Amendment to my previous comment.
My apology.
patriot
Fake news is not an issue in Red Dot. So said the number one and most repuputable newspaper in Red Dot. They have and will help Red Dotters to decide what is fake and what is geniune. That really shows that they know most Red Dotters do not have a brain.
ReplyDeleteLittle wonder that the PAP gets more and more votes with each GE. As some predicted, a 100% PAP Parliament is not too far away. What can one expect with 100% brain-dead voters!
The website registration system & paying $50K is not working for PAPies.
ReplyDeleteRB please write as much as possible.
Come 2018, your website & many others will be taken down for being fake news liao.
The fundamental principle is everyone is fake unless proven real. Fake news is not a national issue. Bread and butter are the real issue so people hardly care about fake or nonfake news. No one has time to decipher.
ReplyDeleteFake news is just alternative news!
ReplyDeleteThat is what even the President of the United States believe in. And you cannot fault the man whose famous quote is 'grab that pussy'. Now that is real news, not fake!
eal News ( not fake news) from the Horse's mouth: GIC LOST $43 BILLION FOR FINANCIAL YEAR. ENDING 31 MARCH 2017.
ReplyDeleteREAL News ( not fake news) from the Horse's mouth:
ReplyDeleteGIC LOST $43 BILLION FOR FINANCIAL YEAR. ENDING 31 MARCH 2017.
Re: 12:12 - Dracula loves Draconian laws
ReplyDeleteSir, you are perfectly right. We must get rid of the evil draconians come what come may in the next election. It is not easy but every battle needs the first step. In this case the first step is to wake up the political consciousness of the masses. The Draconians are sucking in all the wealth and money of the people with impunity while the masses by and large are struggling hard for survival. They have no shame and no conscience. Their draconian laws and politics of fear and propaganda frighten the people from voting for the opposition.
When will the 70% Daft Sinkies awake before the Papcodians drag everyone down the slippery slope to hell of no return.
Really flagbergasted
Hi Anon July 11, 2017 6:50 pm
ReplyDeleteYou will never win, for every one of the 70% you wake up to appreciate the evilness of the PAP, there will be 5 new citizen to counter your one convert. How to win? The next GE will be 80% instead of 70% for the PAP.
Straits Times Headline Tuesday: 56-year-old man arrested for robbing 82-year-old victim in Toa Payoh.
ReplyDeleteThe last few sentences of the report says :"He will be charged in court with the offence of robbery with hurt.
If convicted, he can be jailed not less than five years and not more than 20 years.
He may also receive at least 12 strokes of the cane."
Is it true news or fake news that he may receive 12 strokes of the cane?
If he's above age 50 and spared caning, then ST is caught reporting FAKE NEWS !
ReplyDeleteSinkies are running out of space and Minister Josephine is telling yhe People to make babies in small place. Must say many are making them at public places and in vehicles(very small place indeed)
l think no one should be making baby if they have no space to make them.
Where is the baby going to sleep and how is yhe couple going to make love ehen the child grows up?
ln the Toilet?
Talking about penalty for conviction, it wad reported that the Bangladeshi Killer for Geylang Case could be jailed 10 years and fined or both.
Thought killer normally gets capital punishment or life sentence. Howrver, the Bangladeshi seems very lucky.
patriot
@ Really flagbergasted @ July 11, 2017 6:50 pm.
ReplyDeleteIt is too late. The opposition political parties have missed the Big Cruise Ship in 2011, when Aljunied GRC was first captured.
Time and Tide wait for NO men (and women). The rate the Self-protective Power-Entrenching Ruthless Dictator has been increasing the population by converting foreigners to beholden pro-Puppies Citizens is alarming.
The population would easily reached 6 millions by 2020. Out of these 6 millions, about 4 million would be eligible to vote. Out of the eli9voters, only about 2.3 millios are old citizens. That means about 1.7 millions will be new ccitizen voters.
Assuming half of the 2.3 million Old Citizen Voters will vote for Puppies and 90% of New Citizen Voters would vote for Puppies. There will be 2.65 million voters voting for the Puppies, vs 1.35 million votes spreading among the OPP.
SO, the Puppies would get at least 66% overall with hands down.
Unless there is a drastic and radical change of voters' percetion of the Puppies within the next 3 years, Sinkies will forever be THE LOSERS.
Serve them right!
Of course it is too late. Our fate has been sealed. No way back for us now.
ReplyDeleteSinkies have been bought, sold and resold due to greed, fear and 'kiasu' mentality.The ruling party had, over the years and decades, been very cunningly played upon those human traits, like the West introducing opium to China centuries ago.
Every loophole has been explored to ensure the opposition cannot win. Laws are changed, rules are rewritten, organs of state are forced to tow the line, ward boundaries are redrawn at their whims and fancies and goalpost are shifted at the slightest sign of the opposition gaining strength.
What can we do?
Nothing! I salute the opposition for still trying to carry on the fight when it looks so futile. Let it go! They want a 100% PAP rule, so be it!
ReplyDeleteConcurs that a 100% PAP Rule is a good way to a change of regime Sin.
From the lncompetency and Negligence of the Rulers, they could run Singapore into the Abyss soon and change shall naturally follows.
No Opposition should try to form a new Government as none of them will be able to clear the Shit that is created.
lt shall be a very dark and gloomy time for Sinkies when shit hits the fan. Solution will be hard to find and had there being any, the Situation would not have arised. Things shall come to a head simply because there was no solution to bad policies that caused the Problems and got accumulated kept piling.
Much had happened lately and situation is getting worse with breakdowns in infrastructure, cohesiveness of the People with Feud ib tge First Family, Father-ln-Law killed Son-ln-Law and Foreign Nationals killing Local. And the Tiny Dot is bracing for terrorism.
Economically, the Neighbouring Countries are fast catching up and may soon supercedes Sin in all areas.
All in all, the Future is bleak and gloomy and Sinkies will likely have to face the Darkness that will descend upon them.
patriot