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K. Shanmugam Dear Mr Shanmugam, I refer to your 4 Nov speech at the Columbia University: http://newasiarepublic.com/?p=21520 Allowing the political framework to determine media’s role would compromise media’s independence and undermine its ability to objectively report on the political framework. When it comes to press freedom,... 

John Kampfner, former editor of The New Statesman (2005-2008) and now chief executive of Index on Censorship, a British group promoting freedom of expression, weighed in on the Alan Shadrake case. He wrote a commentary in The Guardian after the 76-year-old freelance British journalist was found guilty of contempt of court over... 

The media has been PAP’s tamed pet, We only got to see what the Lees let, Praises of PAP we hear on our TV set, Freedom of press and truth we never get, Thanks God then came the wonder called net, News came faster than the speed of jet, Our appetite for independent news is met, But new media made the PAP’s pants to wet, They...