Malaysia Chronicle's eyeball-grabbing title upon Najib Tun Razak starting to fight in the next ubiquitous choosing earns reporters no credit, even yet it is substantially in line with conventional wisdom of Umno's stream state of mind. But that's commentary, not reporting.
In the body of the story paraphrasing the transcript, the Chron said:
Likening the choosing to war, Najib pronounced Umno must accelerate the strategy, logistics as good as apparatus good prior to even the initial shot is fired.
Did he contend war? Luckily, the full twin is available, as good as it says:
Q: Can the call for preparedness be taken as putting the party in the fight balance to face the 13th ubiquitous election?
A: Yes, if we're to make use of fight as an analogy, it means that prior to the initial salvo is fired, the troops should have undergone training as good as preparations, in conditions of the plan as good as logistics, as good as equipment.
(My italics)
It was Bernama that likened Umno's preparations to "going upon fight footing". In answering Najib agrees. "To make use of your analogy". But he didn't contend Umno is starting to war.
To contend it's similar to starting to fight is not the same as to contend It's war
It's the excellent distinction. Many reporters might contend What's the big deal? There's no difference. Some might protest that the result is the story or title that is plain, not exciting. Some might contend that news is only the business, we sell the readers' eyeballs to advertisers as good as never mind your damned principles.
Tough. Journalism is not the business of selling news. It's about assisting people get to the truth of things.
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