Are we happy with new laws on media regulation?
One of the most anticipated changes after the new Madani government was formed under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is the approach to handling the media, from traditional to social media.
One of the most anticipated changes after the new Madani government was formed under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is the approach to handling the media, from traditional to social media.
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.
It’s funny when young people accuse the baby boomers and even Gen Xers of ruining the economy for them in Malaysia. I would like them to explain technically how the economy was wrongly handled.
Aside from policies and practices, the social environment journalists work in can affect and influence our press freedom standing as well.
Despite the fact that Malaysia’s press freedom index has dropped, I still think there is hope. Don’t give excuses or defensive deflection. Just tell us what the government is going to do to improve.
It must not become a tool that can be abused by those in power, just like how so many laws from yesteryears had become.
Who better to be crafting out how the country is going to be in the future if not the younger generation who will be living in that future?
A most historic day for Malaysia when the people managed to oust Barisan Nasional from the government after 61 years.
Forgive us – it has been too long, and we have been through too much.
It is quite exciting times now, much unlike when Khairy first ran, where he was one person swallowed up by a party that never listened to our generation anyway.