Nick Xenophon : News Coverage of BERSIH3.0 grossly distorted

April 29, 2012

Senator Nick Xenophon (left) from Australia stressed that a proof itself was peaceful, as well as a "unnecessary violence" that occurred was "planned provocation" to provide images for a "officially sanctioned media".

He slammed mainstream media for a "completely inequitable as well as unfair" coverage of a rally. "The rally, that is a single of a biggest events in Malaysian history, perceived usually thirty seconds of airtime.I outlayed more time watching a Prime Minister carrying tea as well as eating banana fritters in Sabah," he said.The Malaysian Insider.

Nick Xenophon : Malaysian News Coverage of BERSIH3.0 grossly distorted

by Leven Woon @www.malaysiakini.com

An Australian Senator monitoring a BERSIH 3.0 convene yesterday was stunned when he tuned in to radio reports at night to find that headlines coverage of a event was grossly distorted.

"I watch radio headlines as well as usually saw thirty seconds of a coverage to a demonstration, with no word about it being a single of a largest demonstrations in Malaysian's history. Instead they spend more time saying (Premier) Najib Abdul Razak carrying a tea as well as eating banana fritters in Sabah," Nicholas Xenophon told a press discussion today.

Xenophon is part of a seven-member international te! am upon an fact-finding mission upon Malaysia's electoral system. They were invited by PKR de facto Anwar Ibrahim, in his genius as Parliamentary Opposition Leader.

The press discussion was called currently since a organisation was releasing a halt inform of their study. The organisation had additionally celebrated a convene yesterday, that was mostly pacific until a Dataran Merdeka thong was breached, sparking widespread arrest, use of clumsy tactics, rip gas as well as water cannons.

Protestors could have been provoked

Prominent Indian publisher Mobashar Jawad Akhbar, who is a member of a group, opined that a Police might have annoyed a protestors, with a goal of turning things violent.

"The crowd has been office building overnight, they have ample time to be aroused if they wanted to. It was very pacific until a very end. we do believe that a provocation was perhaps done in sequence to emanate images that will fool around well in a central media," pronounced Mobashar, who celebrated a convene for 5 hours.

He pronounced that this inspiring a victims in sequence to blame them later, was "one of a oldest tricks" employed by various authorities. Malaysian authorities, especially a Special Branch, are no exception.

Mobashar, a Editorial Director of India Today, noted that the consequential essence of democracy is a freedom from fear, that he pronounced is "non-negotiable". "Democracy does not function when people do not have right to assembly," he said, praising a protestors for rising above fear.

Xenophon pronounced that their regard of how a media reported a convene would be enclosed in a team's full report, that is sch! eduled f or recover in three weeks.

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