Malaysians turning to the internet as its government tries to hide reality

More and more Malaysians are turning to the internet for information as the Malaysian government strives hard to "protect its citizens from receiving bad news about the government". Last week's rally shows that the Malaysian people are now smarter in the sense that they know that NOTHING will be shown on the state controlled media and so they turned to the internet and their satellite TVs for the truth.

This is what is being capitalized by the Opposition parties as they hoped that more and more Malaysians will turn off the government controlled TV stations and instead look on the internet and international news agencies for the truth about their country.

The Malaysian government which prides itself in utilizing "E-Knowledge" now finds itself at the other end of the gun's barrel. And it is definitely not coping well as seen by the half-witted response from the Information Minister to Al-Jazeera's televised coverage.



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