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January 13th, 2010
IPS researcher Tan Tarn How said that the AWARE saga showed that there is an unformed public sphere in Singapore – "a space where people can come together to talk about issues which are relevant to them in order to have an influence on government policy". Neither mainstream nor online media have been able to fulfill this role, he said. (Video included.) Full Story
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December 18th, 2009
Under pressure to keep up with 24/7 news, Singapore's mainstream media have not been able to resist running Tiger Woods stories quoting the likes of the National Enquirer and TMZ.com – sources that are infamous for not caring about facts. Full Story
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December 10th, 2009
Not content to be just another amateur blog, Temasek Review says it wants to become a company and earn enough revenue to hire full-time journalists – something no other socio-political blog in Singapore has managed to do. "In ten years' time, the internet will emerge as the primary source of news for many Singaporeans and we want to be a key player when that happens," a representative says in an e-mail interview with Journalism.SG. Full Story