Stop Bashing People.

Beginning yesterday until the 10th of March, Malaysiakini.com is making all the contents of the website freely available to the public. It is to allow Malaysian voters to have more access to alternative sources of news during this election period. I personally applaud this move as it will indeed give people more choices as to what they want to see, hear and read. Lately, I always watch Buletin Utama every night and I could not help but notice that there are a lot of people who are complaining about TV3 being biased towards the ruling party in their news report. To be fair, the people do not have to watch TV3 if they do not like it. There is no point of calling names and insulting the management of the TV station for running their business.

I might have a weird believe but I actually believe that TV3 is just like any business will run their business in a way that will ensure profitability of the company. And if they think that by being biased, they will remain profitable, they have every right to do so. Besides, we – again – do not have to watch TV3 if we do not like it. There are a lot of other sources of news that we can use, for example the Malaysiakini.com (I am not the promoter of Malaysiakini.com). Or you could always choose to read Aliran, HarakahDaily etc. The point is, there are other sources available all around you actually.

So, instead of calling other people unfair, you have to be fair by reading/watching alternative sources of news. Even if you do not have internet, you can always buy print media that is also available everywhere for you to read. If you think that is not enough, just go ahead and listen to one of the many ceramahs between now and the 8th of March. No one will point a gun to your head and force you to watch TV3 and believe in whatever they dish out to you.

All I am trying to say is, stop bashing other people and start to think with your head. Therefore, come this Saturday, please go out and vote for the right people for the right reason.

P.S. TV3 will be showing the General Election results live from its website on the 8th of March 2008. And congratulations to Hillary Clinton for making a comeback last night!!! You go girl!!! LOL.

Comments

Anonymous said…
To be fair, the people do not have to watch TV3 if they do not like it. There is no point of calling names and insulting the management of the TV station for running their business.
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son, have you kenned the percentage of your countrymen that own tv's versus those that have broadband access.

Privilege can distort our perception to how others live.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:08:00 PM
Adam Ahmad said…
The whole point of me writing the post is to ask why do people have to leave such inappropriate comments on TV3 website. That's why I said, if they don't like it, they always have the choice to watch somewhere else. maybe I should have made it clear that I watch Buletin Utama online and I was talking about those people.

And of course, towards the end, I did write about alternative print media that is available to people.

The bottom line is, the whole entry was aimed at people who leave those bashing comments on the TV3 website. Therefore, the question on whether I have the knowledge of the % of Malaysians who own television vs. % of Malaysians who have broadband access should not be question.

But still, to answer your question, no I do not have that particular information with me. Thanks for pointing that out. And thanks for leaving a comment here :)
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:55:00 PM
Adam Ahmad said…
The last sentence of the second last paragraph should say,

"Therefore, the question on whether I have the knowledge of the % of Malaysians who own television vs. % of Malaysians who have broadband access should not be in question."
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:59:00 PM
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