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Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Something i would like to share in hizb. >From: "Delimma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Sang Kancil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "BeritaMalaysia" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [sangkancil] When BA Daily Press is all horses but no riders >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:59:26 +0800 > >I wonder what would MGG Pillai (sangkancil moderator) and Brother Lim Kit >Siang feel now that the >PM has out of a sudden made a statement from London declaring his fitness >and state of health and dismissing the many rumours and speculation about a >certain "mishap" in Argentina involving an old senile leader and a > "friendly" four legged mammal who could not understand English. > >MGG Pillai, together with Lim Kit Siang and a host of other opposition >supporters, have been gleefully bombarding our senses with news that the PM >had fallen off a horse and that all was not well with the man. We even >heard >later that the PM had succumbed to illness and that his condition is far >from "stable". These messages are of course not carried on the mainstream >media, which fortunately decided it was too "controversial" to publish >them. >But the net, the O My Freedom Bell bastion of unfettered and therefore the >"no need to be responsible and truthful here" democracy, became abuzz with >such speculation. And as expected, some poorly misinformed foreign presses >caught on the idea and began to print the rumours on account of increasing >their circulation. > >The Stock Exchange, the centre of rumours in the country, reacted as >expected, dipping and dipping. And the government too, in not placing >enough >urgency to allay such fears, maybe could not reach the old man, who had >actually gone on a cruise. Thus the statements made were either too short >or >unconvincing enough, to the opposition at least. > >Well, before we start arguing on the rights of the people of Malaysia to >know of the condition of our PM or that the opposition is sincere in its >intention to find out the truth about the PM, the truth has already been >revealed. > >The PM is well and fine when interviewed in London. I do not know how many >reporters were there and what transpired during the interview, but >nevertheless the PM is still alive and kicking (much to the disappointment >of Brother Anwar). That the rumours of his accident were dismissed as mere >lies further add ammo to the PM's attack. > >Clever old man he is, and yet to be bested when it comes to political >manouvering. Out of the blue, when all seems to be lost for the government, >the PM asserted his panache by holding a press conference in London to slam >these rumours. > >This negatively affects the credibility of MGG, Lim and all those who have >spread the rumours. And in a sense, he scored a minor political victory >against the opposition yet again. > >So now the BA's news and speculations are seen to be lies intended to >destablise the country and the stock market. This in turn questions the >integrity and sincerity of their reports and statements, and whether there >was no ill intent involved when they made it. And boy oh boy, the BA will >be >forced to back-pedal and be on the defensive. What with their planned >boycott of the mass-media beginning on Federal Territory Day. And now we >have but to question the legality or truth behind the news to be printed >and >published by the BA's media hands during the boycott. How can we totally >trust the BA's news to be true during the boycott when all this while they >have been spreading rumours which were unfounded and yet to be proven true? >How can we disregard the daily media's news when we suspect the validity of >their reports? > >Is it fair now to say that the BA's call for the mass boycott is not >actually aimed at teaching the mass media a lesson in fair reporting, but >actually to expose Malaysians to the opposition's style of news and rumour >mongering? Can we deduce from this fiasco of truth from the BA that they >had >failed this simple test - that of not yielding to political temptations to >glorify themselves and abusing the issue for their means? If the mass-media >is portrayed as pro-BN hogwash machinery abused for the sake of the >government, can't we deduce the same for the BA's media hands? > >The fact that most of their coverage are now placed on the net or the >Harakah could not and should not relieve them of their responsibility and >duty towards fair and just reporting. Unfounded and downright ill intent >coverage of the whole issue could be clearly siphoned out from MGG's >pieces. >To also question the PM's decision to skip Davos only propels the issue to >Mars. Of course the PM can't sit in a panel consisting of Soros and Peres. >It would be unjust to the sanctity of our economic strategies and also a >slur to Muslims should he be engaged in a discussion with these people. > >And thus the PM's health has again been the major issue and as usual abused >by the opposition and their supporters to question the integrity of the >government. Whereas the old man is still able to kick some political butt, >albeit not using a horse to do so. In fact, all we can see now are the BA's >horses running and roaming along the countryside, but with no riders to >point them the way home. Sad, isn't it? > >Delimma ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ( Melanggan ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body : SUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Berhenti ? To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] pada body: UNSUBSCRIBE HIZB) ( Segala pendapat yang dikemukakan tidak menggambarkan ) ( pandangan rasmi & bukan tanggungjawab HIZBI-Net ) ( Bermasalah? Sila hubungi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pengirim: "Gina S. D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>