Monday, June 1, 2009

It was one big yawn in Penanti

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/1/nation/4021046&sec=nation

More disagreements with The Star regarding the Penanti by-election. Sloppy, biased writing. Tch. It's common knowledge where they swing, but this article is just shite.

"PKR knew the turnout would be poor but they did not expect it to be this low. Only 7,101 people voted.

It was very disappointing for the PKR leaders who had hoped for better figures to augment their claims of overwhelming support in Penanti and, by inference, Penang."

Please provide proof. Quotes, maybe?

"The Barisan Nasional lost face by staying out, but they can claim some satisfaction here for denying PKR the bragging rights.

The most obvious reason for the low turnout is that everyone knew who the winner would be and did not think that their vote would make much of a difference."

Sore losers! A win is still a win. Imagine if it had been the other way around. This would have been written way differently. The headline would have stated, "Big win for BN!"

"He has a serious demeanour and on polling day, an argument he had with a reporter over some nitty-gritty detail grew so tedious that DAP’s Lim Kit Siang, who was beside him, could be seen massaging his own forehead as though he had a headache.

Mansor can certainly do with better people skills. One reporter complained that interviewing him was “like trying to claw gold from his mouth”."

Shouldn't reporters already realise that not everybody is willing to open their mouths readily for them? That if they do open their mouths, their words can be twisted to mean something entirely different, therefore some public figures are very careful about what they say? I don't think this statement is worth newpaper print.

"It was little wonder that independent Aminah Abdullah stole the thunder from him and his party.

She was the undisputed newsmaker of Penanti. Aminah was not a polished act and she had few clues about being a candidate but she was street-smart and had the PKR on the defensive with her allegations of bribery."

Bla bla bla, she still lost in the end.

"She was nothing to look at. In fact she looked rather masculine, what in English literature would be known as “handsome woman.” But the media could not get enough of her and she was the most photographed of all the candidates."

Was this shit written by an asshole? This to me is insinuating that ugly people should not be photographed. And what the hell does it matter that she looks like a man? I have my own eyes to see!

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