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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Zam: Are editors in mainstream press stupid?

The former minister pours scorn on papers that ignored Siti Nurhaliza's message to Mahathir.
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PETALING JAYA: The mainstream press has earned former minister Zainuddin Maidin’s contempt for ignoring the news about singer Siti Nurhaliza’s expression of support for Dr Mahathir Mohamad in his dispute with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.
Zainuddin, in a blog article today, says he expected the blackout because the news, widely carried by the online media, is devastating to Najib and Barisan Nasional.
Siti, in an Instagram posting, sought to console Mahathir after he posted a blog article saying he felt alone in his fight against Najib following much publicised pledges of support for the Prime Minister. She praised Mahathir for raising Malaysia’s profile in the international community and said her support would always be with the former prime minister.
Actress Rozita Che Wan posted a similar message, also on Instagram.
Zainuddin asks a rhetorical question in his article: “Are all the editors so stupid that they can’t see the value of the news?”
Obviously, he says, the mainstream papers considered Siti’s and Rozita’s support for Mahathir as “dangerous” to Najib’s future.
But he points out that it did matter that the news did not appear in the mainstream media because “millions of people” have read it on social media.
“Siti Nurhaliza’s statement alone is more than enough to drown out the thousands of staged voices of support for Najib coming from all the Umno divisions, Umno Youth, NGOs and other quarters,” he says.
He says millions of Malaysians love Siti’s voice and admire Rozita’s natural beauty. “Electoral support does not depend solely on political beliefs,” he adds.

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