January 12, 2013
January twelve People's Uprising Rally: Scant UMNO Mainstream Press Coverage
by Malaysiakini (01-11-13)
Although Pakatan Rakyat as well as NGOs are mobilising their supporters for tomorrow's People's Uprising Rally, which could be a greatest such eventuality in new years, English as well as Malay mainstream coverage did not reflect it.
Even Sinar Harian, a Malay daily seen as comparatively neutral compared with those in a UMNO-linked Media Prima stable, did not give most space to a headlines today.
The daily dedicated a frontpage to a controversy over a use of 'Allah' word, relegating a headlines upon a convene to page 8 with 5 reports.
Three reports quoted cab drivers, university students as well as UMNO Vice-President Mohd Shafie Apdal respectively objecting to a rally, one inform upon police's declaration which it will be tranquil peacefully, as well as an additional upon tomorrow's commuter service tomorrow operating as usual.
No mention was done about a 7 gathering points as well as convene discipline issued by a organisers yesterday.
Yesterday Sinar Harian carried a inform upon a page 10 quoting PAS Deputy President Mohamad Sabu as observant which a organisers will pledge a convene giveaway of riots as well as chaos.
The UMNO-owned Utusan Malaysia has launched an aggre! ssive ca mpaign opposite a rally, edition at least 10 headlines reports as well as commentaries lambasting a planned event.
In a second page, a Malay daily featured a full-page of photographs highlighting a aroused scenes during final April's BERSIH 3.0 rally, warning readers not to stick upon tomorrow's rally.
Berita Harian, a Malay journal underneath a Media Prima group, published dual reports quoting Shafie as well as Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Mohmad Salleh.
The latter advised a organisers to change to Bukit Jalil National Stadium as a venue can house some-more participants than a Merdeka Stadium, a organisers' elite venue.
New Straits Times, a English journal belonging to a same group, carried usually one story upon a issue, which contained Mohmad as well as Dang Wangi police arch Zainuddin Ahmad's statements upon a rally.
The MCA-owned The Star also has usually a single inform upon a event, together with all a views expressed by a police, a organisers as well as those opposite it.
It quoted rally's orator Hishamuddin Rais (seen with Poet Samad Said as well as Activist-lawyer Haris Ibrahim) as observant which a participants would converge from opposite areas in a capital, as well as they hoped for a difficulty giveaway rally.
Complementing a inform is a photograph of a mysterious anti-Jalur Gemilang banner with a heading celebration of a mass "Down with a old: Banners job for a Jalur Gemilang to be changed. They have since been taken down".
In contrariety to a Malay as well as Eng! lish new spapers, their Chinese counterparts together with Sin Chew Daily, Nanyang Siang Pau, China Press as well as Oriental Daily News have since significant as well as wide coverage upon a event, carrying statements from all buliding as well as sum of a gathering points.
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