Who’s Your Daddy?
Current Affairs 2 Comments » Let’s face it; the 2008 General Election is the
talk of the nation at the moment. For the moment, the high profile Altantuya
murder trial, the controversial VK Lingham tape scandal and the wasteful Port
Klang Free Trade Zone case seems to be forgotten for a while to pave way for
the propaganda machine to do it’s duty, and were instructed to do it WELL,
meaning that 99.5% media coverage just for the Ruling Coalition. In this short
frame of time, the public were brainwashed to forget for a while about the ALLEGED
sinful acts (remember they’re not guilty until proven so. yeah right!) of some
actors in exchange of the (usual) promises for better future,
economy and development. But, 4 years later after we’d chosen the ‘clean chap’
to be our leader, what we got in return was rising petrol price, increased cost
of grocery goods, economic slowdown and 2 rusty submarines. How about the
increased scrutiny on public speeches and gathering? You answer that.
I’m sure the opposition will not win over the current crop of
‘intellectual’ leaders (remember the infamous al-jazeera interview of the Info
Minister?) of now, but what I’m damn sure is that their seats will be less warm
then before, thanks to the presence of the so-called ‘liars’ and
The-person-who-will-bankrupt-Malaysia, although his function is merely just behind the
scene, at least for 2 months more, among others. Why they will continue to lead the
nation? My answer is simple. Forget the vote rigging, oppression, fraud,
Phantom Voters and money politics, the single biggest reason why they will win
this election is because of the 99.5% (0.5% being the news about the launching
of the opposition party’s manifestos) media coverage biased heavily on the
coalition. You name it, channel 1,2, 3,7 & 9, Messenger, Daily News, all
they do is to promote the propaganda, the ‘fake good deeds’ of a few selected
representative, the ‘rise’ of the economy, the continuous ‘development’ of the
nation, etc. In fact, the media are trying too hard it seems, that it looked
like a joke.
Take this into perspective. The leader of the ESTABLISHMENT is
always the ‘Uhm-No’. The party is/used to be representing the majority Malays
in the country, which consist of roughly 60% of the Malaysian population. Well,
as we all know, majority of the Malays still lives in rural, sub-urban areas,
where media coverage like free TVs and mainstream newspapers are the only
source of info they can get for updates on current issues at the moment. They were indirectly
trained to listen and read the usual stuffs about the good deeds of the
establishment’s rep. everyday in these mainstream Medias. Access to the other
side of stories and left-wing materials are hard to get as it is a controlled
commodity, i.e. internet, alternative newspapers, flyers.
Take that into account, the only
almost-free-of-political-influence media right now is the internet. This is the
new-age media for alternative news and info about the country and what has not
been showed in the mainstream media, which has been increasingly relevant
recently, like the ALLEGED miss-use of public funds, abuse of power, sex
scandals and so on. This is certainly what the majority of the rural Malays
don’t have access to. What they got is what they believe, i.e. channel 1, 2, 3,
Messenger, Daily News. So, IF YOU CONTROL THE MEDIA, YOU THEORETICALLY CONTROL
THE MALAYS.
If the majority Malays in the rural areas keep voting Uhm-No, they
will continue to rule the country. The fact, Uhm-No have the most state and
parliament seats in the country. You do the math, simple as that. Until the
media ceased to be biased VERY heavily on the coalition, nothing is going to
change. And I believe they don’t ever considering to. Poor us. I know politics
are more complicated than this, but this is the single biggest reason why the
country is not going to change, in my opinion. Do we need a change? YES. Why? Read
the 2nd sentence in the 1st paragraph.
Finally, it’s no fun ending my writing without having a go at the
authorities. This is my list of the Top 10 Worst Road in the 1st World Infrastructure State (I guess they forgot to note
that road is actually an infrastructure). Where are the funds? Don’t ask me!
1. Jalan Gombak (Worst of the worst)
2. Jalan Ipoh
3. Jalan Genting Klang
4. MRR2
5. Jalan Kepong-Jinjang
6. Jalan Ampang
7. Jalan Sentul
8. Jalan Sri Hartamas 1
9. Jalan Keramat AU3
10.Jalan Cheras
ridhuan abubakar2008
