KRISIS LAHAD DATU : Kenapa Najib Sekat Media, amat memalukan - Kit Siang

Oleh Md Izwan

February 23, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb — Putrajaya tidak perlu menyembunyikan situasi sebenar insiden pencerobohan sekumpulan pengganas di Lahad Datu, gesa pemimpin DAP Lim Kit Siang dalam satu kenyataan hari ini.

Menurut Lim, langkah Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak yang menyekat media daripada membuat liputan tentang keadaan di perkampungan Kampung Tanduo memalukan Malaysia serta menyebabkan rakyat terpaksa bergantung kepada sumber berita dari negara luar.

TV3, Utusan dan Berita Harian dilindungi kerajaan

KUALA LUMPUR: Pengarah Komunikasi KEADILAN, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad berkata, media perdana seperti TV3, Utusan Malaysia dan Berita Harian, diberikan perlindungan atau imuniti oleh kerajaan dalam menyebarkan fitnah dan politik lucah.

Beliau menyuarakan kekesalannya apabila media berkenaan berterusan memberikan liputan ‘bertali arus’ berhubung video seks fitnah yang didakwa melibatkan Ketua Umum KEADILAN, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“Walaupun ramai tokoh-tokoh Islam dan bukan Islam mengecam tindakan ini, namun kerajaan sengaja ‘menghalalkan’ isu ini diberi liputan meluas tetapi jauh sekali untuk menangkap pesalah yang mengedar bahan lucah,” kata Nik Nazmi ketika dihubungi Keadilandaily.

BN semakin dekat pintu kubur : Arahkan akhbar dan TV jangan siarkan himpunan PR

BN yang kini dilihat semakin goyah pada pilihan raya negeri Sarawak 16 April ini terus memperkuatkan cengkamannya ke atas media arus perdana .

Dengan portal berita, termasuk Malaysiakini dan Sarawak Report, yang telah menerbitkan laporan kritikal mengenai ketua menteri, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, tidak dapat diakses akibat serangan siber, rangkaian televisyen telah diarahkan jangan menyiarkan rali dan ceramah-ceramah Pakatan Rakyat.

Sumber yang rapat dengan gergasi media yang dikaitkan dengan Umno itu – Media Prima memberitahu Malaysiakini bahawa semua rangkaian televisyen miliknya telah diarahkan supaya tidak menyiarkan ceramah harian Pakatan yang berjaya menarik kehadiran ribuan orang.

“Visual rali mega tidak sama sekali boleh disiarkan meskipun ia berkaitan dengan pilihan raya,” kata sumber dalaman itu.

Media Prima memiliki semua rangkaian televisyen swasta percuma di negara ini -TV3, ntv7, 8TV and TV9.
Selain televisyen, akhbar Cina juga diberi tekanan selepas BN dikatakan mungkin tumbang di beberapa kawasan yang mempunyai pengundi majoriti masyarakat Cina - mkini

UmNO pun dah tak percaya media arus perdana lagi

GUA MUSANG, 27 Okt: Keresahan Umno BN untuk mendapat sokongan pengundi di Dun Galas semakin terserlah apabila mereka terpaksa mengeluarkan sendiri bahan cetak SUARA GALAS pada hari penamaan calon untuk dijadikan bahan kempen.

Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Ustaz Idris Ahmad berkata, sedangkan dalam masa yang sama, mereka telahpun mempunyai pelbagai saluran media cetak dan elektronik.

Ketika ditemui mengulas perkara tersebut, katanya penyebaran risalah empat muka yang diterbitkan oleh Badan Perhubungan Umno negeri itu jelas menggambarkan mereka tidak lagi menaruh keyakinan akhbar arus perdana milik mereka untuk menawan hati pengundi di Dun Galas.

Beliau berkata, perbuatan tersebut seolah-olah meniru langkah PAS yang telah mengeluarkan GALAS KITO pada edaran pertama sehari sebelum penamaan calon.

“PAS telah mengambil langkah proaktif dalam penyebaran maklumat kepada pengundi kerana kita sedar sebaran media terhadap pelbagai aktiviti kita amat terhad, kita hanya ada Harakah, dikeluarkan dua kali seminggu sahaja,” ujar beliau.

Sementara itu, Yamin Hamid, 35, dari Kampung Lembaga, Sungai Terah berkata, Umno BN yang menyebarkan risalah tersebut kerana mereka sedar akhbar arus perdana tidak mendapat sambutan di Gua Musang.

"Kalau dah orang umno-BN sendiri pun tak yakin dengan akhbar harian mereka, tak kanlah kita di Gua Musang ini pula nak percaya berita yang disebarkan oleh akhbar tersebut.

Bagi Nurul Hidayah Ahmad, 27, Batu Papan pula berkata, semasa berada di tempat pernamaan calon turut mendapat senaskah akhbar harian secara percuma.

“Nampak sangat pihak Umno BN ini terdesak untuk menyebarkan maklumat palsu mereka, sehinggakan sanggup mengedar akhbar secara percuma pada hari tersebut,” katanya lagi. - HD

Kes Sosilawati mendapat liputan media dunia

Sosilawati murder case attracts worldwide media attention

PETALING JAYA: The murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya has attracted worldwide media attention.

Online searches produced news reports of the case translated into various languages and hosted on websites in China, Hungary, Australia, Singapore, Canada and many more.

Some websites, such as The Straits Times Singapore, provided comprehensive updates and findings of the case.

UK-based newspaper The Telegraph also provided coverage through its correspondent in neighbouring Bangkok.

Sosilawati, 47, and three others - her lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim, 32, CIMB Bank officer Noorhisham Mohammad, 38, and driver Kamaruddin Shansuddin, 44 - went missing on Aug 30 after visiting two brothers, both lawyers, over a land deal.

It was learnt that the founder of the Nouvelles Visage beauty line had engaged the lawyers' services to submit a tender for a piece of land in Bukit Jambul, Penang - Malay Mail

Media Asing Sudah Mula Burukan Imej Najib

Oleh G. MANIMARAN

PETALING JAYA: Belum pun tiga minggu Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak mengambil alih kepimpinan sebagai Perdana Menteri yang keenam, tetapi media Barat sudah memulakan langkah memburuk-burukkan beliau, kata Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.

Dr. Mahathir menambah, dari Perancis sehingga ke Britain dan Australia, rencana-rencana yang disiarkan membawa mesej yang sama dengan dipercayai maklumat disalurkan oleh rakyat tempatan.

Najib mengangkat sumpah sebagai Perdana Menteri pada 3 April lalu.

"Perdana Menteri yang baru dikatakan amalkan rasuah dan terlibat dalam kes bunuh.

"Penulis Australia mengatakan bahawa Malaysia adalah negara pariah," kata Dr. Mahathir sambil menambah, "saya tidak boleh percaya usaha memburuk-burukkan yang begitu banyak berlaku pada waktu yang sama secara kebetulan."

Turut disertakan dalam usaha mengecam Perdana Menetri baru ialah dakwaan bahawa beliau akan membawa kembali konsep kepimpinan "Mahathirism".

"Dengan ini, akhbar Barat nampaknya cuba menunjukkan yang Perdana Menteri keempat (Dr. Mahathir) merupakan seorang diktator yang menangkap orang tanpa sebab, memanipulasikan kehakiman, mengawal media dan sebagainya," katanya.

Justeru kata Dr. Mahathir, beliau menyerahkan kepada rakyat Malaysia untuk menghakimi dan mendefinisikan konsep "Mahathirism".

"Mereka adalah pengundi yang Najib perlu mengambil berat. Media asing mempunyai agenda sendiri," kata beliau dalam blognya.

Rakan-rakan media Barat di Malaysia pula menyalurkan dengan berita anti-Najib, jelas beliau.
Katanya lagi, Najib boleh menjangkakan lebih banyak laporan sedemikian daripada akhbar-akhbar asing.

Pun begitu, apa yang rakyat Malaysia fikir adalah penting dan Perdana Menteri perlu membersihkan imejnya dari segi persepsi mereka. -- mStar

Tighter Control of the Media When Najib Becomes PM? Very Likely - malaysiakini

DEC 17 - One of the most noticeable changes when Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak becomes Prime Minister in March could be tighter control from Putrajaya on the media and on the decision-making process.
And if this happens, the loudest cheers for Najib will be from his Cabinet colleagues, senior Umno politicians and civil servants.
One constant during weekly Cabinet meetings since the March 8 general elections has been griping about the choice of articles and tone of coverage in several mainstream newspapers. Ironically, the sharpest criticisms have been reserved for papers owned by Barisan Nasional political parties.
The dominant view among Ministers and senior Umno politicians is that while Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should be lauded for giving the media some space, they believe that the perimeters were not marked out clearly enough.
As a result, newspapers seem to be critical of any policies announced by the government; and more interested in focusing on crime and negative news, these critics allege.
Part of this griping is prompted by frustration of having to share space with a resurgent Opposition and part with their inability to set the agenda for news outlets even in their own stable. A government official, familiar with discussions on the media, told The Malaysian Insider: "This is a very critical time for the country. The global economy is in a really bad state and there will pain for Malaysians. The government needs everyone to be on the same team and push for the same cause.
"Instead we are seeing some newspapers being more interested in adopting a populist approach.''
A Cabinet Minister confirmed with the Malaysian Insider that there has been some discussion about a few newspapers, adding that there seems to be a trend to criticize government initiatives even without understanding it and explaining it to the public.
"Pak Lah may have meant well but we would like a less messy media scene. Some issues should be out of bounds and the media must respect the boundaries, '' he said, noting that combustible issues such as race relations and Malay rights must be tackled with caution and preferably not discussed openly.
If his views sound familiar, it is because they echo those of former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
While he and many others in Cabinet do not envisage a complete return to the days of Mahathirism, they believe there is merit in ruling Malaysia with a firmer and stronger hand. And with a cache of fear.
The Minister pointed out that though editors of mainstream newspapers did not receive daily calls from Dr Mahathir, they understood clearly the parameters and were afraid to test the limits.
It was the same with decision-making. Only after a policy had been thrashed out by the Cabinet, would an announcement be made, usually by Dr Mahathir himself or the Minister concerned.
As part of the move to empower politicians and civil servants, Abdullah employed a more laissez faire approach to policy-making and dissemination of information.
The result: some confusion and flip-flops.
The most recent case which got under the skin of some Ministers was the rule about seat belts. Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh announced that from January 2009, rear seat passengers will have to belt up.
Subsequently, there were questions whether the fourth passenger in the rear seat would only have to comply with the rule.
The authorities clarified that the fourth passenger would not have to wear a seat belt but the driver of the car could be summoned for overloading.
This statement unleashed a gush of criticism and resulted in Suret having to clarify that authorities would not enforce the overloading rule.
Episodes such as this create the impression that government policies are being cobbled together on the run and without much deliberation.
Though there were similar criticisms raised during the Mahathir years, the consensus is that with one man having a strong say and imprint on policies and tighter control on the dissemination of information , there could be fewer embarrassing about turns on policy. -- TMI