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State-owned RTM blacked out news regarding the apparent boycott by 10 Terengganu state representatives of the state assembly sitting yesterday.
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Though the issue was made headlines in every other primetime private news broadcast, there was no mention of the matter during RTM’s TV1 Tamil (7.30pm), Mandarin (8pm), local news (8.30pm) and main Malay (9pm) news broadcast last night.
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Delivering his speech on ‘Policy, Politics and the New Media – A New Way Forward’ at the MPI Press Awards Night on April 6 – just three days after becoming the new prime minister, Najib said:
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“The media best serves the public interest when it goes beyond the superficial; when it asks the tough questions of the rumour mongers; when it does not lend credence to false innuendo and instead reports on facts and details – whether that is helpful to the government or not.”
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