The Media and Yaw Shin Leong.

The media and Yaw Shin Leong

yawningbread.wordpress.com 08 Feb '12, 7am

The Media and Yaw Shin Leong.

A while back, I made a prediction that as opposition parties make headway into the political mainstream, new media will increasingly make those parties the objects of scrutiny. The oft-repeated complaint of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and its government that new media tends to give opposition parties a free pass while fiercely attacking the government will prove to be a passing phase. Indeed, this phase is passing. A well-known blog, T R Emeritus, recently wrote of an alleged affair between Yaw Shin Leong, Workers’ Party member of parliament for Hougang, and another party member who had stood as an election candidate in the recent general elections. Both are said to be married. The accusation is therefore that of adultery — which in Singapore is not a crime, I need to add. The allegations lit up social media, though few other blogs followed suit. The traditional...

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@vivawoman » 15 Feb '12, 1pm
Like this: traditional media seems to stay immature as new media like blogs mature in different flavors. [link]
@tanhuiyi » 09 Feb '12, 1pm
RT @bookjtinyisland: balanced post about the recent media attack on WP Hougang MP [link] I'm hoping for more transparency too
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By refusing to discuss the allegations, the party in effect subscribes to the notion that only politicians should... [link]
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