The Newpaper… close to rubbish?

Yes my blog has quite a bit of rubbish, yet really couldn’t help but notice… but before I carry on this rant.. I admit that my standard of English is going downhill meaning I don’t really have good basis to criticise the newpaper. And as defaming as this post may sound… its merely a personal opinion and should not be taken as hard facts. Nevertheless The Newpaper does pose some entertainment value. I also won’t jump to the conclusion of it being shoddy work since the editors would know better… I don’t read it often anyway. Had to wait over an hour for G to knock off for dinner and thus needed sometime to help pass time.

But I couldn’t help notice the small print out of nowhere…

Anyway I googled the names and here’s the info on Tan Siew Sin courtesy of Wikipedia :

“… later Malaysia’s) first Minister of Commerce and Industry, Finance Minister for 15 years, and president of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA, later Malaysian Chinese Association).”

It does seem like Tan Siew Sin was the first finance minister… but then this link proved otherwise…

http://www.mca-selangor.org.my/en/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2

Don’t get me wrong here, people make mistakes and screw up just about everyday. It’s just a matter of how big the screw up is. It just caught the eye because the correction came out of nowhere… “huh?? is this related to the picture?”

I also think I’m pretty WOLS… I’m sure that quite a few people already gave up on reading the Newpaper, not just because of petty errors, but the structure and content as well… RN still reads it though… which is reasonable because you can’t always look at things at a single dimension. RN looks at things in just about every dimension possible and makes the best out of it… including newpaper… makes me feel shallow. *grin* Also personally, the choice of articles are just…. “Is this Taiwan?” not really, but close?

Though this was quite the profound…

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Ok so… try looking from the intellectual social standpoint. Its all about the target audience, and the kind of feeling that editors want to give to readers… (yah rite…) On the other hand quite frankly, it does qualify for a pretty good blog post. My question is… how on earth did this make an entire page of a newspaper!? On a more positive note, thankfully the editors had enough pride not to put this one as the headlines on the front page.

Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not complaining about the standard. I hate the part of being an adult and being bored, anal and just complaining about anything one can complain about. This article just seems quite amusing and am just exploring greater depths with my limited knowledge of how the world works.

But what is news fundamentally? Its text and information… its discourse meant for the public. In layman terms, news is one huge plethora of discourses lumped together to tell everyone what’s happening. So does an article about a man not getting his box with his $625 Montblanc qualify as news? Well… then begs the question of definition and qualification… and of course… what’s the point? Where’s the box for the Montblanc? I seriously, still don’t get it. Because even after reading the long article, it merely stated that it was a mistake by the salesperson. Ok so does Montblanc’s service suck? No, despite a pathetic attempt to hint it.. I mean… its so bloody out of context. An article about the art and value of Montblanc pens would have been so much more interesting, and probably have side notes to tell people not to buy a Montblanc without a box… Unless the guy just wants to be known as a person with Montblanc who almost didn’t get a box… uurrgghh… Which led me to conclude…

One whole page about nothing! haha! duh…

Nevertheless, thank you Newpaper for giving me something to blog about when I’m seriously bored… I wonder if there’s more…