ZAN WAS ON BFM’S A BIT OF CULTURE IN AN EPISODE CALLED ‘NEWS AS INFOTAINMENT’
Zan was on BFM 89.9’s A Bit Of Culture with Kam Raslan and Matt Armitage, reflecting on Godzilla, AI and the news!
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 319) – Danum
It’s about some expedition happening in the Danum Valley in Sabah which somehow involves illegal logging. Other than that, who knows what the film is about.
Inculcating ability for societal censorship
I am a proponent of societal censorship and my definition of it is when society acts as its own filter when it comes to news and content instead of the state or any authoritative body.
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 318) – Baik Punya Ah Long
Two Malay brothers are raised by a rich Chinese man after their father dies. Now that they are adults, their Chinese father wants them to start a business of their own.
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 317) – Tafakur
A woman is paranoid that her husband is cheating on her, only to be led to believe that she is crazy.
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 316) – Maryam Pagi Ke Malam
A middle-aged Malay-Muslim lady has to jump through almost impossible hoops in order to marry a foreigner in Malaysia.
Hats off for helping Palestinians, shall we help others too?
Following this kind and generous act that our government has done, I would like to request that we also extend this same generosity and kindness to others who are in need.
The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 315) – Pungut
Pungut is a film about kampung gangsters fighting over the rights of a landfill, but is obviously a metaphor for something else.
Social media licensing: Is it being done with right intentions?
We have too many past traumas with laws that are so broad-reaching that anything can be called under it, and we know what the consequences of that can be.
Zan was on BFM’s Evening Edition to discuss the proposed Media Council by the government
Zan Azlee was recently on BFM’s Evening Edition to discuss the issue of the proposed Media Council bill by the government along with their updated version of the media ethics code.
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