SHOULD mainstream media trust blogs as sources of information? A Malaysian mini
ster doesn't think so.
Here's an excerpt from an Agence France-Presse wire story.
KUALA LUMPUR--A Malaysian minister has told domestic newspapers not to quote from Internet blogs or use them as sources of information, accusing the websites of spreading rumors, reports said Wednesday .
Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said most websites were aimed at being provocative and were run by frustrated journa lists and political pundits, the Star daily reported.
"Do not quote them because you are disgraci ng yourself as you are the authority. Do not give credit to such anarchist webs ites," Zainuddin was quoted as saying.
If those statements were made to prototype bloggers, then I do not buy it :)
A blog is like anything put to paper. Not everything written in a blog is belie
vable. So the Malaysian minister may be right, not all blogs can be trusted in
the same way not all printed newspapers may be trusted.
I don't think there's anything wrong with quoting blogs or websites as long as
the writer/journalist verifies the accuracy and truth of the info first.
And that is something a responsible journalist does before quoting anything: wh
ether it's a printed material, a resource person or a blog.
"Take everything with a grain of salt" is always a good rule to follow.
:)
I think the problem here is not so much the content of the blogs (which can be
as unreliable as printed material, as correctly pointed out by blackshama), but
the speed and scope at which information flows on the internet.
They realize that they can't censor the internet so easily, and that is their p
rimary concern.
I agree with what the Hon.Malaysian Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said
regarding not trusting internet blogs for they spread rumours and breed provoca
- tion most of the time.
Although i honestly think that there is much more danger when, there is, a
n accusation of provocation without recognizing the fact that the one making ac
cusation is also engendering provoca- tion not necessarily from the internet bl
ogs but agencies which people should instead be trusted according to Hon. Maidi
n.
Take for example the continuous ai- ring of the ad on cable tv wherein Sa
bah is being promoted as Malaysian tourist destination.
The Philippine government may not be interested and allows itself to be af
fronted by your government by coming out and including Sabah in such an ad whic
h is tantamount to declaring it as part of your government's territorial claim
and makes it appear that the territorial dispute with the Philippine government
regarding Sabah has long been settled.
In this regard, i would like to ask the Hon. Maidin to treat the Filipinos
well for the Philippine government does not always represent such sentiment th
at may come from individuals like me.
I think your government can come out with a novel way of advertising Sabah
without affronting ordinary Filipinos.
Perhaps the bloggers in Malaysia are making waves that's why the gov't are bugg
ing them. Or perhaps we happen to be pampered with freedom and our Malaysian co
unterparts lack (sorry to them).
But it's true. Not all blogs are reliable. In the same way, not all stories in
the print media are accurate.
My pater said so.
Anyway, i'm not sure.
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