Another TMI Spin – The Perak Regent’s Speech

“ Sek Sai Ke Ho Tai”

Being a speaker during the afternoon session, I decided to attend the Perak Regent YM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah’s morning speech during the Wacana Perpaduan Ummah at Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka on Tuesday 19^th February.

While he gave a very good, balanced, and historically factual speech, TMI painted it otherwise (I am posting the Regent’s speech in full below for you to read it. Please do, because it is a very good one).

You can read the spin here (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/in-run-up-to-polls-umno-earns-royal-approval-from-perak-regent/).

The problem is that too many times media who are friendly to a particular political leaning will spin news to give their side a better deal and paint the other as bad as possible.

Essentially, they are LYING TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO TRUST THEM MOST!

While many are aware to the twists and spins done by the main media, perhaps due to blind partisan politics the sin done by the electronic media go unnoticed. Let me share with you another TMI example.

TMI reported the following,

Churches tell Najib: Respect law, remove anti-Christian rules, policies

By Debra Chong

January 05, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak should respect the law and start removing rules and policies that have seen Christians being victimised by the bureaucracy, a national group representing over 90 per cent of churches said yesterday.

In a strongly-worded statement, the Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) called on the prime minister to check the growing systematic religious attacks against Christians nationwide over the past one year. Refer http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/churches-tell-najib-respect-law-remove-anti-christian-rules-policies

Here is what was actually said,

Our Christian churches have often kept your administration and the Government in our prayers. We always pray that our leaders will be rightly guided by Almighty God to administer and govern with righteousness, fairness, justice and wisdom.

There is a very wide and alarming disconnect between what you intend to happen and what is happening on the ground. The policy of moderation which you uphold does not seem to have filtered down to all levels of government. If left unchecked, it would be murdering and destroying your own vision of moderation and goodwill among Malaysians which you have espoused.

We are pained by those ugly manifestations which trample upon moderation. We Christians would like to work with the Government for the sake of our beloved Malaysia. In the spirit of Muhibbah we would like to bring the gift of peace to this country.

May God bless you and the country for the well-being of all Malaysians!

Bishop Datuk Ng Moon Hing
Chairman and the Executive Committee, Christian Federation of Malaysia

Notice how Christ-like were the Bishop’s words and action but TMI made him sound like an uncouth, irresponsible, and warlike leader. Perhaps TMI wants the Christians to get angry. Perhaps they want the country to split apart and break into pieces.

This time around they are trying to make a segment of the country hate the Royal Institution. (Just read the comments posted at the TMI article). I find their behaviour dangerous. The problem is, it is so easy to spin because we are now so partisan that many are no longer thinking.

As I stated earlier, essentially, they are LYING TO THE VERY PEOPLE WHO TRUST THEM MOST! An old Hokkien saying explains the situation appropriately,

 “ Sek Sai Ke Ho Tai”

Translated into English it means, “A chicken that you know is easier to catch and slaughter”. I hope you are not one of those chickens :)

Anas Zubedy.

TITAH

DULI YANG MAHA MULIA

PEMANGKU RAJA PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN

RAJA NAZRIN SHAH

DI MAJLIS WACANA PERPADUAN UMMAH

ANJURAN DEWAN BAHASA DAN PUSTAKA

TARIKH: 19 FEBRUARY 2013 (SELASA); JAM 10.00 PAGI

TEMPAT: BALAI BUDAYA TUN SYED NASIR

DEWAN BAHASA DAN PUSTAKA, KUALA LUMPUR

“PERPADUAN UMMAH; HARAPAN, REALITI DAN CABARAN”

Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh.

Segala puji milik ALLAH Subhanahu Wata’ala.  Selawat dan salam ke atas Junjungan Besar Nabi Muhammad Sallallahu Alai Wassalam, juga ke atas keluarga dan para sahabat Baginda; seterusnya ke atas para tabiin dan para ulama. Semoga memperoleh ihsan sehingga hari kebangkitan.

2.            Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka merintis usaha menganjurkan Wacana Perpaduan Ummah.  Wacana ini berlangsung ketika persaingan politik di kalangan ummah sedang memuncak.  Ia berlangsung oada waktu yang sangat mencabar memandangkan pilihan raya umum kali ketiga belas, diramal akan diadakan dalam masa terdekat.  Langkah menganjurkan pada waktu yang sensitif ini, adalah satu langkah berani.  Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka berkemungkinan berhadapan risiko untuk dialah ertikan, apatah lagi jika nada diskusi dan jika resolusi yang dirumuskan, bakal menghiris perasaan mana-mana kabilah politik.

3.            Berasaskan premis, bahawa Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka berada di atas politik partisan kepartian, wacana yang dianjurkan ini, meperlihatkan pemikiran jauh penganjur, bersedia mengambil tanggung jawab untuk membincangkan agenda jangka panjang ummah.  Sepanjang sejarah penubuhannya, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka berperanan signifikan melaksanakan pelbagai kegiatan untuk menyatukan ummah melalui program – program keilmuan, kebudayaan, kesenian dan persuratan berteraskan islam dan Melayu.  Jika pun terkandung agenda politik, ia lebih berunsurkan wawasan politik yang lebih besar untuk memastikan kelangsungan bangsa, terutama dari segi mempertahankan hak, maruah dan martabat bangsa.  Semoga setiap niat suci dan kerja murni mendapat keredaan dan  lindungan ILAHI, Amin Ya Rabul Alamin.

4.            Institusi Raja dan Dewan Bahasa mempunyai sejarah hubungan nostalgik.  Bangunan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka telah dirasmikan oleh Seri Paduka Yang Dipertuan Agung pada 31 Januari 1962.  Berdasarkan rekod, selepas upacara pengistiharan kemerdekaan Negara pada 31 Ogos 1957, acara perasmian bangunan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, merupakan kali pertama selepas merdeka, kesemua Sembilan Raja Melayu berangkat hadir di satu majlis.  Dewan Bahasa juga adalah institusi yang setia menjunjung salah satu dari tujuh wasiat untuk mendaulatkan bahasa Melayu; memastikan bahasa Melayu dinobatkan sebagai bahasa kebangsaan, bahasa rasmi dan bahasa ilmu.

5.            Peranan Bera berangkat menzahirkan titah di Wacana ini adalah dalam semangat ‘rantau jauh diulangi, rantau dekat dikenda’.   Ia memberi ruang kepada Beta dapat bersama rakyat, seiring menghayati pesanan menurut yang dicatatkan oleh Tun Seri Langng dalam karya agung Sulatat Al- Salatin akan amanat Sultan Alauddin kepada putera Baginda:

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