Bob Woodward (left) and Carl Bernstein (Woodward pic © Kat Walsh; Bernstein pic © Larry D Moore | Wiki Commons) JOSHUA Wong Ngee Choong, 42, quit his job as a producer at ntv7 on principle — he is opposed to self-censorship and political interference in the media. No wonder, then, that one of his favourite […]
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Protesting RTM’s censorship
By Ding Jo-Ann
A DEMONSTRATION was held on 19 May 2010 outside RTM headquarters Angkasapuri in Kuala Lumpur calling for media freedom and to protest the termination of former RTM producer Chou Z Lam. Chou alleges that his documentary over the impact of the Bakun Dam on indigenous people in Sarawak was cancelled because of RTM’s leadership’s fears […]
“Don’t self-censor”
By Shanon ShahJoshua Wong holding up promotional material from his No political interference! campaign NEWS savvy Malaysians now probably know Joshua Wong Ngee Choong, 42, as the ntv7 producer who quit the network on 20 April 2010. The headlines, however, focused on the alleged political interference by the Prime Minister’s Office and the prime minister’s wife, Datin […]
Govt encourages media to self-censor
KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov 2008: The government prefers to encourage media practitioners to adopt self-censorship and will only invoke provisions under the Printing Presses and Publications Act as a last resort. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh told the Dewan Rakyat this in reply to Alexander Nanta Linggi (BN-Kapit) today. He said […]
