Category Archives: media

Nothing but the truth?

Posted on September 3, 2008 by choongyong.koh

It has been drummed into the people that online media is always not worth listening to, because of all the bad things being said there.  Today’s Straits Times editorial piece “Online citizen engagement must happen – soon” had the following … Continue reading →

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Saving Gaia ad again

Posted on June 10, 2008 by choongyong.koh

So someone did complain to Mediacorp about this ad. (Wanbao article over the weekend) However, the response from Mediacorp (see insert at the bottom right corner) seems tell us that it is ok to have gory images on all other … Continue reading →

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Saving Gaia ad, but what’s the message?

Posted on June 6, 2008 by choongyong.koh

MediaCorp launched its green initiative this year with the Saving Gaia site and the corresponding TV advertisement. I applaud the effort to raise awareness, but questions the message behind the TV advertisement (see it on http://www.savinggaia.sg/). The ad started with … Continue reading →

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Another MRT Death…. notice the media treatment

Posted on August 8, 2007 by choongyong.koh

ZaoBao today (8 Aug 2007) run a small article about the size of two credit cards about a man who fell into the MRT track and was killed by the MRT train. (see my clipping for an archive of the … Continue reading →

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