a news story for e 15th September issue of Nanyang Chronicle - the premier NTU newspaper - covering the visit of CSJ to NTU in late August was spiked, not by editors, but by e NTU biggies in CopCom. some people have called it censorship at its ugliest.
and he said.
"i requested to see the article ("CSJ visits NTU" story) when i heard about it, right before it was published, due to its sensitive nature. after going through it, i thought the context (what CSJ said and espoused) was not clear enough thus affecting the conciseness of the article. i decided we should slot in CSJ's message so as to better support what the whole article is saying, though i knew by reinforcing an unsolicited visitor's words and giving him a free media platform would definitely anger CopCom and the article would most probably be killed. but why did i still do it? for journalism, as simple as that. it is not in our capacity as reporters to worry about the workings of the higher level. it is our job to provide and maintain good journalism."
Assistant Professor Dr Cherian George, Acting Head, Division of Journalism, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. he is also a prominent local journalist, columnist and critic. the expert in Singapore politics and media is well known for being part of the mavericks with Dr Catherine Lim who have stepped on the Emperor's toes.
disclaimer: those were not e exact words uttered; they're rewritten with e best recollection
