For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins via @sharethis

For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins

journalism.sg 04 Jan '13, 12pm

For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins via @sharethis

A week after I expressed my hope that the PAP government would stop using the defamation threat in political arguments, it has used a defamation threat in a political argument . One thing I have learnt from this (not for the first time) is that I have no future as a political consultant, and my fortune telling skills are inferior to Huat The Fish and random green parrots on Little India pavements. The wielding of defamation law against unsubstantiated attacks has turned out to be the most significant development over the past year in the evolving relationship between the government and online critics. It used to be that defamation suits were reserved for opposition politicians and major foreign news organisations. The democratisation of criticism (now, anybody can loudly disparage Singapore’s leaders) has resulted in the democratisation of punishment (now, even a one-man-o...

Full article: http://journalism.sg/2013/01/04/for-whom-the-libel-tolls-...

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@peishanhoe » 07 Jan '13, 7am
ICYMI: Alex Au still going strong post-apology w/ pt6: PAP mis-AIMed [link] + @cheriangeorge: [link] #aimsaga
@peishanhoe » 07 Jan '13, 6am
ICYMI: Alex Au still going strong post-apoligy w/ pt6: PAP mis-AIMed [link] + @cheriangeorge: [link] #aimsaga
@riyadelosreyes » 06 Jan '13, 5am
RT @NUS_Press: Dr Cherian George weighs in on recent defamation issue - "For whom the libel tolls" [link] #Singapore | Freedom from the Press
@NUS_Press » 06 Jan '13, 5am
Dr Cherian George weighs in on recent defamation issue - "For whom the libel tolls" [link] #Singapore | Freedom from the Press
@laremylee » 05 Jan '13, 10am
‎"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail" (Maslow): [link]
@pandaslow » 05 Jan '13, 5am
RT @davechua: For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins [link] via @sharethis
@AnitaKapoor » 05 Jan '13, 4am
the end begins often disregarded by the blind. For whom the libel tolls: govf loses even as it wins [link] via @sharethis
@artistofideas » 04 Jan '13, 5pm
RT @clemtan: For whom the libel tolls: Government loses even as it wins [link] #Singapore
@Joel_Koh » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
Cherian George: Are the PAP's libel suits in the pursuit of truth or a signal of intolerance? [link] You decide.
@Joel_Koh » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @mrbrown: For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins - [link] Yup. What Cherian said.
@mrbrown » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins - [link] Yup. What Cherian said.
@riyadelosreyes » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
Cherian George (author of Freedom from the Press) weighs in on recent defamation issue: [link] #journalism #singapore #media
@publichousesg » 04 Jan '13, 2pm
"When a defendant loses a defamation suit, it may merely mean that she was unable to substantiate her allegations... [link]
@voiddecker » 04 Jan '13, 1pm
Cherian George - For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins [link]
@xinnhuii » 04 Jan '13, 12pm
For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins. [link] by @cheriangeorge
@yapphenghui » 04 Jan '13, 12pm
For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins [link] via @sharethis
@gweezilla » 04 Jan '13, 12pm
"A week after I expressed my hope that the PAP government would stop using the defamation threat in political... [link]
@auntielucia2 » 04 Jan '13, 3pm
For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins [link] via @sharethis
@davechua » 04 Jan '13, 3pm
For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins [link] via @sharethis

For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins

For whom the libel tolls: government loses even as it wins via @sharethis

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