The Star muzzles the truth
I was shocked to see the way the The Star had treated the destruction of Kampung Buah Pala yesterday. Outright and blatant violation of Human Rights was occurring here in a large and ugly way, right in our midst and what does THE Star Report. Nothing at all in today’s copy. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS BLACKOUT. In this 21st century, every where you are hearing shouts of democracy and change, but here in our modern WIMAX city of Penang, what do you get, Bulldozers razing the houses of the poor and defenceless, trampling on our fundamental rights.- continuing to treat the Indians as coolies and rubbish. And nothing reported by the largest selling English daily in the country. Yes, and that makes my blood boil.
Why does the Star take this line. This is clearly an orchestrated position. They have blacked out the incident totally – go and see for yourself and they think they are smart. Compare with the reports in Malaysiakini. Why is this happening?
The answer in my mind is simple and plain – what these treacherous DAP guys have been saying about media manipulation by Utusan and the NST is exactly what they are doing with The Star – where they have some influence, and they put tremendous pressure of biased reporting on the online media that dares to publish the contrary truth.
DAP further has thrown in its lot with the Developer community. They are fast becoming the Chinese version of UMNO. We need a people sensitive government, not a heartless and insensitive repeat of what we have been trying very hard to change. DAP just does not have the DNA for sensitivity. They only now know greed and power. The Star is fast becoming an active participant in DAPs play and they have to be exposed and they have to punished. The Indians may not account for a large portion of their revenues, but they account for a sizeable portion of their readership.
For a start, I suggest we stop buying The Star. They must be punished by reducing their reach which they so boast about. If they do not publish the truth with all its nuances, they are no better than the NST. The Star has become the Chinese version of the NST. We can switch back to NST or to the SUN – not much lost. This may look somewhat of a kneejerk response – it is, but it is maybe what may be needed to for these goons and their media lackeys to stop the bullying of the minority Indian community, thinking what can you do – with your piddly 7.4%? It is time we find independent ways.
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