A Facebook User David Lim was sharp enough to notice that Asiaone changed it’s headline for one of their articles from “WP’s Jamus Lim wins over the internet after his performance in GE2020 live debate” to “WP’s Jamus Lim and PAP’s Vivian Balakrishnan win over the internet after their GE2020 debate performances.”
David Lim’s post was shared more than 2600 times on Facebook. Here is what was stated in his Facebook post.
“This morning an AsiaOne ( a subsidiary of SPH) article heaping praise on Workers’ Party’s Dr Jamus Lim’s performance on last night’s televised General Election debate was published. Hours later it was yanked. Then it was republished just now with a more flattering headline for the ruling party’s Minister. It included one tiny, added paragraph “As for Dr Balakrishnan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs also scored tons of brownie points online for his composure under the keen queries fielded by the opposition”. It looks like the writer got a memo from the Government to give the poor Minister some credit. It’s like they need that extra support so badly. And thats why SIngapore’s mainstream media tanks on independence and true journalism.”
Source: https://www.facebook.com/everestguy/posts/10157892355058241