LegionArclight

Brutal? Not really. It's expected.

After decades of strict censorship and control by the previous government and voluntary/forced propaganda and cynical misquotes/misreporting (Yes, I am looking at your parent company!) by the news publications themselves, surely we (the readers/redditors) will be suspicious and distrustful when an affiliate of the previous government owned newspaper officially appear on "neutral ground" Reddit (of all places!).

/u/R_AGE

Out of the blue, the affiliate established itself a foothold on new territory, slowly and surely building up it's reputation and following, by thoughtful investigative journalism on critical and current issues. Then progressively expend the capital by shaping narratives and funneling thoughts toward issues deemed important by its owners or the previous government.

Sorry ya, macam a bit far fetched but it had been done before, back in 2007/8 by some other party.

• So what will you do to ensure or prove that you will uphold integrity? (as /u/jcdish asked above).
• How will you adhere to your journalism code of ethics? Who governs or enforces it?

The brutal part, you are owned by The Star, so how could we take your journalism seriously without assuming and look for hidden motives?

Thank you for the answers, will look forward to your articles.

Just so you know that I am not puffing smoke out of my backside on my alarmist position and thoughts, simply consider the following scenario that happened few weeks back, and the potential actions:

• The Star misreported the statement and the position of a minister on Khalwat and religious police raids. Many rejoiced on this, the beginning of end for religious policing.
• Legal threats were issued on the misreporting.
• Misdirection and regret were proffered but damage had been done extensively, in the public and private spaces.
• Possible action: Within the same time period or week, R.AGE the social injustice warrior could have published articles on the social injustice of Khalwat and religious police raids and shape public opinion toward policies beyond the minister's and government control while sentiments and feelings were still raw.

This type of scenarios are the ones that worry the skeptical me.

Edit: Why it worries me? When you are a pullout of a newspaper, people won't read your stuffs if they do not buy The Star. People may not actively search for you even if you have an online presence (maybe they don't know or don't care), if you are not on their read list. But when you post on Reddit, everyone on Reddit would know about it.

/u/R_AGE

An add-on: this had been on the back of my mind bothering me for some time.

How would you strive to report news or articles without bias, considering that most if not many of the critical thoughtful issues were caused by poor governance, bad leadership and bad policies inherited from the previous government which your parent company is part of. Reporting on these issues will portray the new government and leadership unfairly, for something they inherited.

Would you be publishing articles with disclaimers or caveats such as "after further investigations, the root cause of the problem was caused by the previous government which R_AGE is affiliated to as part of The Star Media Group"?

What do South Koreans think of overseas born Koreans (other than Korean Americans)? Do the South Korean society look down upon them as those that shirked their national duty (National Service), etc?

So, where do Malaysian newspapers or news portals get most of their funding from? Could you rank the source in sequence from the options below:

• Banner/video ads
• Secret donors
• Political parties
• Donations
• Subscriptions
• Print advertisements
• Sponsored content