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February 23, 2006
Twice The Error
The Old Man weighs in:
Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata editor New Straits Times patut digantung untuk "dua hingga tiga bulan" kerana menyiarkan sebanyak dua kali kartun yang berkaitan dengan kontroversi karikatur menghina Nabi Muhammad S.A.W."Walaupun akhbar itu tidak digantung, editornya patut digantung, kerana orang boleh melihat bahawa apabila beliau menyiarkannya, beliau tidak faham akan perasaan orang Islam," katanya kepada pemberita di sini.
... Dr Mahathir menyifatkan NST tidak sensitif dalam menyiarkan semula kartun itu.
"Mereka sungguh tidak sensitif dan mereka sepatutnya sensitif kerana mereka tahu cerita ini bukanlah sesuatu yang secara tiba-tiba timbul," katanya mengenai karikatur yang telah membangkitkan kemarahan dunia Islam selepas ia pertama kali disiarkan oleh sebuah akhbar Denmark dan beberapa akhbar Eropah kemudiannya.
"Jadi kenapa dia siarkannya? (kartun itu). Ia menunjukkan dia kurang faham dengan sentimen orang Islam. Dan mereka siarkannya sekali lagi semalam seolah-olah menyoal apa sangatlah benda ini, tak ada apa pun."
Bekas Perdana Menteri itu berkata: "Dengan bertanyakan orang ramai soalan itu, 'Lihat inilah yang kami siarkan, apa sangatlah salahnya?" sudah membuktikan bahawa dia tidak faham. Dan pada masa yang sama dia siarkan semula kartun itu."
... Dr Mahathir berkata dengan mengenakan sebarang tindakan terhadap akhbar itu, kerajaan akan membuktikan bahawa "ia tidak membezakan antara akhbar yang menyokongnya dan mereka yang berkecuali."
"Jika ia telah melakukan kesalahan, tindakan akan diambil dan tindakan itu haruslah konsisten," katanya merujuk kepada penggantungan akhbar Sarawak Tribune dan Guang Ming kerana menyiarkan semula karikatur Nabi Muhammad itu. [Bernama]
It's clear he's gunning for Brendan Pereira here. There are also political barbs thrown Pak Lah's way.
Anyway, for some reason, I can't seem to find the English version of the report on the Bernama website, if there is even one in the first place.
Any reason for that, Bernama? I can think of a few.
Posted by aisehman at February 23, 2006 07:40 PM
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The Old Man is again suffering from some form of selective amnesia as usual. I can't seem to recall him wanting the press to be accountable and sensitive during his time as long as they serve as the extension of the Ministry Of Information.
Come on Che Det, don't jump on the bandwagon and participate in the mob lynching of NST when it finally starting to be the voice of the people rather than the government.
Go on and finish your autobiography...I am waiting for that to come out.
Posted by: Tanglimara at February 23, 2006 11:02 PM
yes there is english version of the article in BERNAMA, bro..
yes there are also getting highlight even in the NST.
drmuzi
AISEHMAN: Thanks, doctor
Posted by: drmuzi at February 24, 2006 08:12 AM
BERNAMA STORY
There is no nasty reason for Bernama to withhold the English text, Aisehman.
This is how Bernama news desk workd:
The reporters there are bi-lingual. They are to write in BM if the speaker speaks in BM during the press conference. When the news is written, edited and approved by the editors, a copy will be handed over to an English Editor who will translate the news into English.
That explains why the BM news appeared first and the English text came much later in the case of Dr. M's comment on NST "kamikaze".
Posted by: tehtarik at February 24, 2006 10:26 AM