Category Archives: MAINSTREAM MEDIA

CNA fake news, PAP abuses power to protect Ho Ching’s blue-eyed old man Liew

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Phillip Ang
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Errr … why is a retrenched foreigner even news?

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Phillip Ang
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CNA sneakily corrected fake news with … more fake news

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Phillip Ang
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Arrested SMRT Trains COO a super SAF scholar?

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Phillip Ang

I refer to ST article “SMRT Trains chief operations officer Alvin Kek arrested for drink driving at Woodlands Checkpoint”. ST: “Prior to his employment at SMRT, Mr Kek spent 14 years with the Singapore Armed Forces, where he was a … Continue reading →

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Mainstream media fact checking = no fact checking?

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Phillip Ang

On 4th August, CNA reported: About 12 hours later, the 39-year old man suddenly turned 41: ​:)

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Failing Singapore Propaganda Holdings may be privatized if economic conditions worsen

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Phillip Ang

Singapore Propaganda Holdings (SPH) is in deep shit and may go the privatization route, similar to other failures such as NOL, Tiger Airways, Chartered Semiconductor, SMRT, etc. But SPH is worse, considering it is no ordinary business but a monopoly … Continue reading →

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20160123 Tiger Airways continues recovery in Q3?

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Phillip Ang

I refer to CNA’s “Tiger Airways continues recovery with higher Q3 net profit”. CNA has tried to pull a fast one on unsuspecting readers. Maybe its readers are not as intelligent as it has assumed? Tiger Airways is a failure … Continue reading →

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20140821 The Ass Tee (ST) only interested in CPF propaganda

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Phillip Ang

I refer to Loh Keng Fatt’s article “Reward those keen to grow nest egg wit CPF”. While CPF members are demanding our money back, The Ass Tee tries to spin it the other way around. From the article, Keng Fatt … Continue reading →

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20140407 NEL breakdown – Straits Times damage control for PTO

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Phillip Ang

The Straits Times reported on “Power fault jams up NEL for an hour” with a photo showing an uncrowded train with no commuters on the platform. One suspects it is not satisfied with the low global press ranking and covets … Continue reading →

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20140221 Should you continue paying to read 150th world ranking Straits Times’ world record advertisements?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Phillip Ang

The Straits Times may be officially ranked 150th in the World Press Freedom Index. Unknown to most ST subscribers, it also holds the unofficial world record for the highest number of advertisements. The table below shows the record number of … Continue reading →

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