http://yoursdp.org/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:03:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16112 SDP, let's not waste time on our Third World Ranking media/journalists/dogs when you know they only have one objective and that is to destroy you completely even before you can contest in the upcoming GE. What kind of reply do you expect from our Third World Ranking media dogs apart from smearing, tarnishing, destroying your party's image??? We have all read it, seen it, and they won't stop to badmouth you guys until the day we have an independent media. These dogs from Shitty Times, Today, Berita Harian, LHZB probably can only apply for jobs postings in Third World ranking media countries eg, North Korea, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Etiopia, where the political governance system is almost the same as us (dictatorial) and that being a journalist, you only need to write news that is 'worthy' of the leader. I bet CNN, FOX NEWS, BBC, CNBC and all other international media companies won't even bother to look at our Third World journalist's CV if ever these companies received their application! AN Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:12:44 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16109 Hello, don't be fool. They might "Have A List Of Names" those who they consider dangerous and required "Fixing Up." SDP will never be appear on the newspaper, they will never give them "Legitimate Status" Don't be navie, they are fishing for information. The Ruling Party had in mind who are the "Approved Opposition Party" and those that are not. Don't be so innocent, both The Strait Times and TODAY come from the same tree. The only good news is the die-hards supporter 65yrs and above is a dying breed. The young people don't share their view, and they don't read papers. compassion republican Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:45:57 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16105 [color=maroon]SDP still currently suffers image problems to the masses no thanks to MSMs and the actions of PAP and there is a need to retake back your good names by engaging with sites that will give you fair coverage.[/color] It's a PAP myth that SDP suffers "image problems to the masses". From the insights gained by those in SDP who visit various areas to sell The New Democrat, it has emerged that it is the PAP that suffers this image problem on a huge scale. The greedy PAP is faced with the problem of not being able to connect with the masses, the vast majority of whom live in HDB flats. It's because of this disconnect with the masses, the dictatorial PAP needs to control every aspect of state organ and institution. The media is ruthlessly mangled into a sycophantic tool to cover up this image problem of the PAP which is neo-conservative and neo-liberal, fulfilling the requirements of the super rich and powerful. The ground swell is hostile to the PAP and that is why there had been physical attacks, including acid throwing and attempted burning of its MPs. The PAP MPs, "elected" through a skewed electoral system that is under the jackboot of an autocrat, need to be fortified by security personnel during their infrequent public appearances. The electoral system is manipulated in such a way to make sure that only approved careerists are allowed to get in what is called the Parliament under the autocratic regime. The castrated mainstream media (MSM) plays a major role in perpetuating this myth of PAP invincibility and the supposedly image problem of the SDP to the masses. seebeng Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:57:01 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16104 Unlike the General Election, in which SDP has to participate despites all the skewed rules stacked against it and other opposition parties, I feel SDP can ignore the MSMs like Today Online simply because their stars are waning and other news sites has risen. Already the reputation of MSMs like ST and TO are already in the muds and everyone who has waken up has known their lack of credibility, hence no need to waste time to engage with them. In a similar vein, kudos to SDP for granting interview to TOC with one of its young democrats. I look forward to read the interviews of CEC members itself (and other opposition members) and especially Dr Chee himself. SDP still currently suffers image problems to the masses no thanks to MSMs and the actions of PAP and there is a need to retake back your good names by engaging with sites that will give you fair coverage. btan Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:49:26 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16101 Not that any of these are unknowns, but I would like to draw attention to them anyway. 1. When the SDP, being a party that adheres strictly to the law, applies for a permit from the police to hold an assembly as permitted by law, the lawlessness of all PAP-controlled agencies such as the SPF conducts itself in such a way that the SDP is told [b]only at the very last minute[/b] that its application is not approved. 2. At elections, it is [b]only at the very last minute[/b] does the fraud organization called the Elections Department - housed at the Prime Minister's Office, no less and in all likelihood, at his behest as well - announces a change in the boundaries of constituencies. 3. [b]Only at the very last minute[/b] does Today's fraud reporter Zul Othman email the SDP with a list of questions to be answered ASAP - what ASAP actually means must never be made clear in the practise of fascism. Are we not more and more convinced that the fascist pigs actually operate from the same Instruction Manual and that the Manual is the same one issued by the ruling party? Independent media my foot! Robox Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:52:57 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16099 Since Mr T loves to duck the issue and recycle the same broken arguments on every article, I will put these to him again. [quote]Why can’t “these remonstrations” be published. Is it not the role of newspapers, if there are really any in Singapore, to tell their readers the concerns expressed by a political party? Let the people, after reading the comments from the SDP, decide or judge for themselves whether there is any truth in its “allegations”.[/quote] [quote]Why couldn't Today make a passing mention of SDP? Just one sentence like this will do: [i]When approached, SDP said that it would announce its candidates at the "appropriate juncture". The party continued to question the independence and fairness of the electoral system.[/i] [/quote] waterfirex Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:41:40 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16097 This is a meaningless and hypocritical piece of defense from Paulo. The deputy editor has the nerve to take SDP to task when for years Mediacorp has been and still is spouting propaganda for Lee. He is now claiming that Mediacorp has been fair in this affair. As always, when the media is caught out, they fail to put up a convincing response. greyheyn Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:51:08 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16096 Derrick Paulo also posted in this discussion thread in TOC where this issue - as well as the routine SDP bashing - is being discussed. His is post #59, while my first one comes immediately after at #60. http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/11/sdp-call-for-government-to-release-electoral-map/comment-page-3/#comment-114129 In particular, I wish to draw the party's attention to one question that I posed to Paulo in # 62: To Derrick A. Paulo (again): I know for a fact that it is a practise in the media, or perhaps it is only dependent on the level of professionalism by any one media employee, that respondents – the SDP in this case – to questions posed by the media are told about the deadline they have to meet if they wish their answers to be considered for publication. You mentioned that the SDP’s reply was more than hour after copy was put to bed for the day. I would now like to ask you if Zul Othman had informed the SDP of the deadline. Robox Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:19:08 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16091 Good rebuttal. quantum Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:30:22 +0100 http://yoursdp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3033#josc16089 Derrick Paulo should conduct an internal check to ascertain whether the questions were released to all parties (including SDP) in good time. If TODAY had only sent the questions only hours before it went into print, then it should sincerely concede that it has mucked up. I also challenge TODAY to tell us whether it offered all parties a fair and broadly equal opportunity to reply to the questions, and if there are discrepancies, account for these. However, even if more time had offered SDP, one wonders whether the quality or content of its reply would have been any different. Of the 10 questions, SDP touched on only three of them, and even for these, only in the vaguest of manner that was almost tantamount to a non-answer. The rest of the questions were totally ignored and SDP chose instead to focus on a topic outside the scope of the article. Even if time was NOT a factor, I am doubtful that any part of the reply would have been incorporated into the TODAY article. Perhaps Derrick can also enlighten us on whether this would have been so. If it had indeed been a screw-up, then TODAY should put its own house in order. [b]SDP should also put its messages in order when solicited for comments by MSM in future. Otherwise, it is better to decline a reply, instead of resorting to complaining about censorship.[/b] BryanT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:16 +0100