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 Malaysia's muzzled press. - by @lbert
  Posted:07/06/2007 - 08:05 - in category: general
Editors from the mainstream media were summoned for a briefing on the wedding of the PM. Briefing by 4th Floor info chief, Kamal Khalid.

The instructions, in a nutshell:
No run-up stories on the wedding.
No interviews with Nori, KJ, relatives, close friends..
No reference to Jeanne as a "janda" (divorcee) or Pak Lah's biras (in-law).
Use only releases by the PM's department or the PM himself.
No Press to wait outside Sri Perdana this Saturday.
Event to be reported by official media only.

Thus...no bloggers allowed.

These 'commands' are outrageous and ridiculous. If the PM wants a private event, fine, he can have it. But you cannot muzzle the press this way, this is outright browning out before anything is published. Who the hell they think they are?
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