Many of you have written in to say that if MSM is to take our boycott seriously, we have to outreach to the advertisers.
Well, the Hartal MSM committee has worked on this since late last year.
We tracked the main advertisers in the print media from 1st January until 7th January this year.
The summary – final-list-of-ads-from-1st-to-7th-jan-2008.pdf
We randomly selected 3 big advertisers for our inaugural letter to the advertisers.
Nestle, Giant Hypermarket and Guardian.
It turns out that both Giant and Guardian come under one corporate roof.
Here is an excerpt from our very first ‘Dear Advertiser’ letter.
…By advertising your products and/or services in the MSM (newspapers, TV & radio), your company is directly supporting and sustaining the propagation of lies and half-truths, the censorship of information and the suppression of alternative viewpoints. Surely this is against the aim of any company that seeks to be a responsible corporate citizen! …We trust that you, too, will recognize the value and the virtue of a free and fair press and hope that your company can stand on our side. Therefore, we respectfully ask that your company stops contributing to the revenue of the MSM by ending your advertisements or, at the very least, significantly reduce your advertising expenditures immediately.
The letter in full – letter-to-nestle-ghc.pdf
This initiative would be ineffective without your participation.
Unless sufficient numbers of consumers write in to advertisers, this initiative will not be taken seriously.
The committee has prepared a template for you to use to write to the advertisers.
The template – template-for-readers-use.pdf
Or you could draft your own letter to the advertisers.
In either case, send a copy to thepeoplesparliament@gmail.com so that a copy can be posted up here.
On 8th March, we began the process of cleaning up governance in our country.
Now let’s clean up of the media.
The People's Parliament 
Crankshaft
March 24, 2008
Bro!! You are brilliant!!! This is EXACTLY what we need. Screw the subscribers (people still need to line the kitty litter and wrap up the garbage), go for the advertisers. I am on with it!!
Crankshaft,
Actually, the committee must take all the credit.
Crankshaft
March 24, 2008
I think the next thing we need is a list of emails to the companies mentioned above so we can start sending our opinions to our lovely advertisers.
Crankshaft
March 24, 2008
Unfortunately, some have forms to fill with a lot of details before a feedback comment can be sent off.
For those who have email addresses:
Carrefour head office: hqmy@carrefour.com
Giant & Guardian & Nestle: customerservice@giant.com.my
Jusco: feedback@jusco.com.my
Enough to get started anyway.
ps.nathan
March 24, 2008
Brilliant move Haris!…Now lets all join in and pump the Advertisers our messages Loud and Clear!!We are going to get them all scratching their heads!!
Cikgu,
Hats off to the Hartal MSM committee.
The committee has done its part.
Yes, cikgu, please get all to join in and pump the advertisers with letters.
Gua Bay Song
March 24, 2008
IF YOU REALLY SO SMART, START YOUR OWN NEWSPAPER LAH!
Mr Haris Ibrahim,
The MSM is not all that bad. They have a lot of good reports and features produced by a lot of very good journalists and editors.
The shitty MSM material is usually found between page 1 to page 10.
However, you seem to see it fit to call upon your small band of rabble rousers to ‘boycott’ the MSM in general without recognising that there are a lot of negative implications to the public at large.
If you Mr Haris Ibrahim were to ask any Indian newspaper vendor about the boycott, I assure you they will come after you harder than those religious fanatics who oppose the Article 11 coalition.
If you Mr Haris Ibrahim were to ask any Empat Ekor shop owner about your boycott, I assure you there will be more than red paint being spilled on your house.
If you were to ask any MSM or non-MSM journalist about your boycott, I assure you that they will train their kilometrico’s on you like arrows.
Mr Haris Ibrahim. Please show some dignity and get off your moral high horse. The general election results show that MSM have very little bearing on the public.
Don’t treat your blog visitors and the general public as idiots just because you are some high-flying-cum-lawyer-keyboard-activist.
Since you have never worked in a newsroom before, you do not udnerstand that your ‘boycott’ will cost people jobs. You think MSM editors gives a shit as to who is Haris Ibrahim and what he thinks?
These people, who ply their trade everyday which comes with considerable amount of risks, are innocent.
On one hand, they are being pressured by the government. On the other, they have to subject themselves to merciless abuse by ruthless self serving keyboard-activist like yourself.
If you think you can run a newspaper better than those in the MSM, please apply for a KDN and see how many MSM journalist and production staff join you.
You can call your newspaper “The Sky Kingdom Herald”
In conclusion, I would like to reiterate my call for you to get off your moral high horse.
Thank you.
Gua Bay Song
http://guabaysong.wordpress.com
Future Malaysia
March 24, 2008
When a lot consumers boycott these establishments then the message will be clear to the corporate heads.
A sizable drop in sales is enough to cause them to cancel adv. to the MSM.
banana
March 24, 2008
Since I don’t read the MSM, I wouldn’t know who the advertisers are.
NO FEAR
March 24, 2008
Great idea. Why not we get more serious about boycotting in a bigger way. Declare a day or week not to buy their papers.If the readers choose not to buy,the advertisers will have reduced readership, is a chain effect, thus advertising dollars will have to stop or else the advertising dollars go into waste.Afterall, these papers published inaccurate info all these years.
orchid
March 24, 2008
Gua (comment posted March 24, 2008@8:25 pm), I believe you’re missing the whole point of the boycott. The idea here is to bring across to the MSMs that we will no longer put up with their self-absorbed, arrogant portrayal that we, joe public, cannot function without them feeding us scraps of false news.
Think carefully before you start bashing the rest of us who have real values, principles and a great belief in a new tomorrow for PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM, COMPLETE INTEGRITY and FULL PRESS FREEDOM.
just my two cents. 🙂
zorro
March 24, 2008
Haris, this guy gua bay song (hokkien: I am not satisfied or I cannot come)did his last posting in Nov2007 when he was whacked out of shape by cybertrooper (not hired by Azalina, He averaged 1comment per posting and the most he got was 6. Lets flush him down to where he belongs. Pay no heed.
shar101
March 24, 2008
Dang! Zorro got the first.. errm.. second shot at cannot comer.
Paul Warren
March 24, 2008
Gua Bay Song
You just shot yourself in the foot. Maybe you are one of those who only 3 weeks ago would never have believed that 5 States will come under the “opposition” with Penang ruled by the DAP and the BN losing its most sacred 2/3rd majority.
Maybe you are one of those who would not believe that maybe in 5 years the Barisan Rakyat, a name coined, I believe, by Haris himself, if not, the Peoples’ Parliament, may have at least a simple majority over BN to rule th country.
It is then, my dear Gao, when we shall decide and define whether MSM as you seem to cherish today was indeed the personification of Joseph Goebel’s propaganda machinery or if indeed it functioned as the newspaper or news broadcaster that its license says it should be.
If it is then shown that MSM has behaved badly, it would follow fromt here that it would forfeit its license to function. That license can be cancelled or forfeited. It is then that the Indian vendors, as you seem so concerned for, and all those who work for this propaganda machine, will have cause to regret. Certainly not now.
As for the letters to advertisers, it is obvious that many feel caught betweent the devil and the deep blue sea. But you see, it would seem like as for MSM, the stakeholders are indeed the ruling BN and their shareholders. They do not seem to see that their readers, listeners and viewrs are stakeholders. I should emphasise that we are indeed the most important of stakeholders in this enterprise and the advertisers too are most certainly an important stakeholder in this.
If you cannot see how this might be so, let me just tell you that most certainly you will never find Nestle advertise in a pornographic magazine. Why? Similarly, they would be very embarrassed about telling you that they used to advertise in the newspapers that were published during and before the second world war in Hitler’s Germany. You can surely bet that all these advertisers stand to be embarrassed as well as dumb struck when after the BN loses their simple majority, the new regime suspends or forfeits the licenses of MSM and finally call upon these advertisers to explain why it was that after being told about these MSM, why they continued to support them.
Yes, advertisers are stake holders and they have every right to reprimand the MSM should Peoples’ Parliament deem MSM to be nothing but an instrument of propaganda and a carrier of lies.
As for your angst with Haris. Sorry, but you look very foolish there. Just discredited yourself completely.
Ahila
March 24, 2008
Have boycotted the media already!COme all…join hands and humbly refuse MSMs.Automatically we deny the advertisers too.Simple as that.Give me the date to start SMSing.
Joe Gomez
March 24, 2008
Gua Bay Song,
Read the following very slowly till it sinks into that tiny piece of granite that you call a head ………
If the “band of rabble rousers”, as you call them, is indeed “SMALL”, you really dont have anything to worry about, do you?
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It is truly remarkable that you acknowledge that ….
“The SHITTY MSM material is usually found between page 1 to page 10.” …………. and yet find cause to defend the MSM.
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And again what’s with this fixation you have for excreta ?
You say ……..
“You think MSM editors gives a SHIT as to who is Haris Ibrahim and what he thinks?”
When what spews from either of your ends exchange places you know it is time to call the plumber to plug both ends !!!
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You say …..
“Don’t treat your blog visitors and the general public as idiots just because you are some high-flying-cum-lawyer-keyboard-activist.”
My advise to you Gua, is dont visit this blog if it makes you feel like an idiot …… you were probably made that way ……. this blog played no part in it.
ps.nathan
March 25, 2008
Gua Bay Song,comes out with some fantastic logic, that because so many people depend on the MSM for their livelyhood we should continue producing and distrbuting them the same way!…what a joke!
…The drug trade too has numerous people employed, and in order that we do not deprive them of their livelyhood,and the poor drug adict of his supply, should we continue to let them operate? How about the tobacco industry, the alchohol industry, the gaming industry….
We might as well add that because so many people are kept happily employed through corruption, we should not curb that! Now you can see what happened at the last Elections, when the Rakyat sent a clear message ‘Enough is Enough’!…Now this same mesage is going to the MSM!
They either play their right Primary Professional Role, or the Civil Society will expose the ‘Longkang MSM’…Don’t you forget that many a ‘Lonkang’ MP has been shown the door at the last elections!
robin hood
March 25, 2008
sung to the tune of ‘oh carol’
gua bey song, you’re a bloody fool
please go on and leave us,or we will fry your ass.
you talk cock n you’re full of shit
don’t wanna see u, n hope you’re not coming back
wattahack
March 25, 2008
“Don’t treat your blog visitors and the general public as idiots just because you are some high-flying-cum-lawyer-keyboard-activist.”
in replying to haris’s post are u saying you are some high-flying-cum-critic-keyboard-activist?
farida
March 25, 2008
IGuano Bay Song,
Sounds like you are baying to the star and sun, like wolves bay to the moon.
Could well be your swansong, Song, to this blog.
No loss to us.
temenggong
March 25, 2008
This will work Haris, far more than the boycott of the newspapers itself. Please also forward copies of your letter to the local advertising agencies like Ogilvy & Mather, etc. Let them know what we are doing.
We can start an sms campaign to boycott the products of these advertisers after a grace period. Make it a few specific products that is vastly consumed and that will make an immediate impact. Tell us when to start.
SMS campaigns are very effective. Ask the Penang kasi kandar mamaks.
If people remember, Rothmans was boycotted in the late sixties and today a worldwide brand is dead in Malaysia. Ever since then Guinness Anchor and Carlsberg has been extremely attentive and fawning over the Malaysian consumer.
Normally boycotts of products are irreversible as it becomes indelible lodged in the mass subconscious, and advertising agents know that.
Tell us when the grace period is over!
kelly1234
March 25, 2008
I am with you on ban the newspapers. We need to include other forms of media also though.
It seems we have a society conditioned to believe all the crap in the media including advertising.
Great post, keep up the good work!
Dave
March 25, 2008
This occasional boycotting of newspapers seems strange to me, and probably not effective.
I stopped buying MSM papers 2 years ago. Stopped BUYING only. I still read them when I can get them for free, and I go online daily to read their articles. The only thing I have stopped doing is to PAY them to feed me the drivel.
Does anyone really NEED to buy the newspapers? Just read them online & save your money for a Malaysiakini subscription instead.
I do agree with letting the major advertisers know that you are associating them with the tactics of the MSM – I will email the addresses above to let them know they are wasting their advertising ringgit.
Libra
March 25, 2008
Gua,
I would equate your pontification here with the barking of a dog at the moon. You are to be shunned like a leper. You don’t belong here, my friend.
Go back to your blog and start your ‘Buy. Don’t Boycott MSM’ campaign there.
Going by your logic then we should close our eyes to prostitution, drug trafficking, illegal gambling etc as all these offer plenty of job opportunities.
imwatchingu
March 25, 2008
The boycott is a good idea. It’s the only avenue for us to hit back for the lies and deceit they have been vomitting out all these years. They still have not learned their lesson so go hit them where it hurts most, their pocket.
SV Singam
March 25, 2008
I do believe popular sentiment has been clearly stated. The Bey Song thing has had its moment in the spotlight. I don’t need to add my 2 sen.
’nuff said!
wong piang yow
March 25, 2008
Diary Farms Group runs Guardian, Cold Storage and Giant in Malaysia. Their website is: http://www.dairyfarmgroup.com/global/home.htm
Contact is: http://www.dairyfarmgroup.com/global/contactUsMainFrame.htm
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Tesco UK owns Tesco Malaysia and Makro. Their website is:
http://www.tescocorporate.com/page.aspx?pointerid=5C94F886509E41149E7BA714092B0E4D
Their contact:
Tesco Customer Services
Freepost SCO2298
Dundee DD1 9NF
Tel: +44 (0) 800 505555
Email: customer.service@tesco.co.uk
All other enquiries
Tesco PLC, New Tesco House,
Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
England EN8 9SL
Switchboard telephone: +441992632222
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Nestle is part of the Swiss Nestle group, who are proud of their social contribution to society. They should give a sympathetic ear to our cause.
http://www.nestle.com.my/
Their contact: By Mail:
Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad
Nestlé House
4, Lorong Persiaran Barat
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia.
By Phone or Fax:
Tel : +603-7965 6000
Fax : +603-7965 6767
Nestlé Consumer Services Free Phone :
1-800-88-3433, or
http://www.nestle.com.my/contactUs.htm
Targeting these 3 should be enough. If we don’t get results, we target their shareholders. Not so difficult to do. We just buy some shares in the company. They are all publicly listed. During their AGM we put up a shareholder proposal putting up our case to be put to the vote. That will embarrass the heck out of them. We can involve the international press watchdogs in this.
This is going to be fun.
pywong
Paul Warren
March 25, 2008
Haris, Just a simple question for all those food and beverage manufacturers who advertise on MSM.
When they seem to display total disregard to the conduct of the media through which they advertise and with which they identify themselves, how do we as consumers assure ourselves that they do not have the same disregard for all the health and safety issues that food manufacturers ought to undertake when manufacturing and packaging food?
Helen Ang
March 25, 2008
RIGHT OF REPLY
While we ask of MSM our right to reply which they do not see fit to give or to give fairly, let’s now be more gracious than the entities we’re boycotting. Similarly, I would ask that Haris fairly grants me the right of reply too in this forum.
Helen,
I will not refuse you the right of reply. However, as SV Singam has said, let this be a closure to Gua’s posting. I just want to get on with the task at hand and not be distracted.
I shall address Gua Bay Song’s points, in the order he or she raised them, because other Malaysians do share similar views, and thus they merit our considered response.
1.“If you really so smart, start your own newspaper lah!”
He/she is challenging us to be constructive and provide the viable alternative. Previously when BN had Malaysia locked in its iron grip, this was something impossible to be done.
Malaysiakini and Suara Keadilan were denied expansion, the former into print and the latter, its outreach. The authorities took a sledgehammer to Harakah which, at the height of its circulation, was to all intents and purposes a popular newspaper.
The ball is in Haris’ court. ‘Start your own newspaper’. Why not indeed?
2. “The MSM is not all that bad. They have a lot of good reports and features produced by a lot of very good journalists and editors.”
What we’ve so far called on the public to do is make Tuesdays Paper-Free and now, to boycott a week beginning yesterday. Basically the thrust of our message is not to give MSM your money by buying newspapers.
Even Haris and I are occasionally required to read MSM (duty calls), though for me in the context of what’s on offer to Malaysians, it’s more of a pain and punishment than any pleasure …
3. “The shitty MSM material is usually found between page 1 to page 10.”
Not true. Even Entertainment and Sports can be politicised in terms of their coverage. I’ll write a full post on this aspect later.
4. “However, you seem to see it fit to call upon your small band of rabble rousers to ‘boycott’ the MSM in general without recognising that there are a lot of negative implications to the public at large.”
Hartal MSM is of the opinion that the harmfulness of MSM lies and manipulative spin to the public outweighs the consideration that it is relatively less harmful to read MSM reports outside of domestic political news.
In Malaysia, ‘politics’ permeates almost every facet of life, such as why a Malay pupil is marked ‘Fail’ for an Agama exam paper he did not choose to sit or why the most qualified pupil cannot be head prefect.
If you agree with my premise above, then the idea that political considerations do colour every section of the newspaper – granted, to varying degrees – is hardly far-fetched.
5. “If you Mr Haris Ibrahim were to ask any Indian newspaper vendor about the boycott, I assure you they will come after you harder than those religious fanatics who oppose the Article 11 coalition.”
Let us encourage the vendors to sell and profit from healthier products, like ‘The Economist’ or ‘Aliran Monthly’ magazines. There are many other reading materials that vendors can distribute.
6. “If you Mr Haris Ibrahim were to ask any Empat Ekor shop owner about your boycott, I assure you there will be more than red paint being spilled on your house.”
If they can first find Haris’ house but jokes aside, my mom gets her 4D results on the photostat slips costing 10 or 20 sen – a good example of supply-and-demand forces working in the free market. For everything in life, there’s almost another substitute. However, like Antares, I do not buy newspapers and only very rarely read them.
7. “If you were to ask any MSM or non-MSM journalist about your boycott, I assure you that they will train their kilometrico’s on you like arrows.”
A creative metaphor; you may find a niche in public writing yet, Gua Bay Song. Under a less constrained environment, the more conscientious journos will be able to do their jobs more professionally, and standards can only go up.
8. “The general election results show that MSM have very little bearing on the public.”
I’ve a few thoughts on this. The MSM could have been counter-productive with their propaganda overdrive and triggered a backlash against BN.
MSM is an opiate and the bread-and-circus arena idly occupying young Malaysians of eligible voting age, and disinclining them to take part in the electoral processes. Or simply that MSM is evolving into other guises, abandoning the traditional, mainstream mediums to infiltrate New Media.
8. “Since you have never worked in a newsroom before, you do not understand that your ‘boycott’ will cost people jobs. You think MSM editors gives a shit as to who is Haris Ibrahim and what he thinks?”
Please seriously read this letter by journalists from The Star http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/8497
And as an aside, the MSM head honchos have invited Haris to be a panellist on their fora.
I would recommend that Haris does not accept such invitations unless he is assured that his contributions are not liable to be edited and distorted, or the deck is not stacked thoroughly against his favour. Or even, why lend newspapers legitimacy?
[We’ve witnessed before in prime-time debates where MSM used to pit three pro-establishment speakers against one Opposition, and the referee (moderator) would be unabashedly batting for one side.]
9. “These people, who ply their trade everyday which comes with considerable amount of risks, are innocent. On one hand, they are being pressured by the government. On the other, they have to subject themselves to merciless abuse by ruthless self serving keyboard-activist like yourself.”
If they’re writing on ‘innocent things’ like the launch of Khairy’s upmarket boutique ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ or KJ’s sleek fleet of SUVs or his lucrative Halal certification programme, they do not run any risks.
If they’re writing sugary stuff about the government, they are amply rewarded – taking the award of Datukships as one criterion.
If they are being pressured by the government, then they’re not in MSM as I presume you’d be talking about the likes of Steven Gan and Raja Petra who’ve been summoned to the police station for questioning.
If they are in MSM and succumbing to pressure, they’ve made their choices, i.e. to defer to authority and not to uphold Truth.
10. “If you think you can run a newspaper better than those in the MSM, please apply for a KDN and see how many MSM journalist and production staff join you.”
Wouldn’t it be better to start with fresh manpower rather than entice MSM defectors to join a brave, new project?
The KDN, like police permits required for public assemblies, have long been subverted by Umno to block political opponents as well as civil society from exercising our freedom of expression. The KDN permit to print should by rights be not more a licensing procedure yet it has been wielded as an instrument of suppression and oppression.
So I’d say that the KDN is one of the first Sword of Damocles BR should break in half over our knee.
SV Singam
March 25, 2008
I have just e-mailed to Carrefour, Giant and Jusco (copy to PP). I will shortly be faxing hard copy to Nestle and Giant.
Any other fax or e-mail contacts? Snail mail will take too long.
Paul, we know they don’t really care. But they pretend they do to retain customer loyalty. So we leverage that.
Patrick Oh
March 25, 2008
To all good citizens at large, we have a “Boycott the Newspaper” group in facebook. This is another platform that we can gather our force and opinion.
If you are already a facebook member,
Please join in the group at the following link
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12461862111
Or else, sign up and join in the force.
No Buy, No Lies
blthong
March 25, 2008
I support the humbling of the MSM, and this latest initiative targeting the advertisers is sure to hit them where it hurts! Hurrah!
On the other hand, I’m sure advertisers do what they do (ie advertise) for a good reason and that would exclude donating money to the MSM. Advertising is expensive and no well run enterprise will indulge in it if there was no benefit to them. If you were in their shoes, what would you do? going back to basics, let’s remember that the MSM is many things to many people. To us, the MSM is a vile subservient slave of the rotten-to-the-core BN gomen. To the BN, it is a propaganda machine. To the apolitical, it is the best way to get advice on how to deal with stubborn kids/pets, prior warning on which roads to avoid to due to floods, which grand sale is on where and when, movie reviews, latest happenings in the world, etc. To many of the journos working there, it is the best paycheck they can get to support their families (last I checked, being a journalist is not as illegal as being a drug dealer). Finally, to the advertisers, it is an essential way to reach their target audiences and ensure the survival of their businesses. So just asking them to stop advertising is not very practical is it. If you had a company to run would you see sales plummet and businesses collapse in the name of media freedom?
Before you lot start ripping my head off, I’m all for a free and fair media. I’m just not sure that this is the right way of going about it. Maybe we can ask for the advertising blackout for a fixed period, maybe a week or so.
Helen Ang
March 25, 2008
Haris: However, as SV Singam has said, let this be a closure to Gua’s posting. I just want to get on with the task at hand and not be distracted.
Helen: OK, as blog moderator it is at your discretion & i do not demand to be publically aired in all things but I do trust that you’ve heard & noted my views, wink. TQ
I shall go into a short hibernation (not sabbatical as Birdseye likes to tease) & if any PP participants wish to direct my attention to anything happenning online I ought to have a look at, I can be reached at z.sunday@yahoo.com.
observer
March 25, 2008
I never even read the mainstream media in Malaysia anymore, so whoever advertise there, I never know.
For all I know, if the advertisers have too much money, they could have donate it to charity instead of wasting the money to advertise on local mainstream media.
gitf701
March 25, 2008
Well done whoever is pushing for this Boycott MSM. Its long long overdue. Continue the push until the day we see the MSM collapse. The trick now is for this move to get mainstream support from the Rakyak. Organise a donation drive (always work) and declare a particular day in a month to “Buy No Lies” Day. Use the donations collected and pay the Newspaper vendors their income foregone for not working on “Buy No Lies” Day. Bravo!
SV Singam
March 25, 2008
gitf701 Wrote “Continue the push until the day we see the MSM collapse.”
I hope we can avoid such extreme sentiments. Otherwise we become extremists.
There is no need for the MSM to collapse. All we need is for them to learn that people power can hurt them if they continue to treat us like mindless idiots. Even while they are shackled by the BN government, they can try a lot harder to maintain some semblance of balanced reporting.
More importantly, we need to announce to the BN parties that the days of a shackled press are coming to an end. If they don’t want to get swept aside, then they should have the sense to step aside.
Makkal Sakthi Vaalga
Gua Bay Song
March 25, 2008
Moderator’s note :
Folks, I am allowing this comment from Gua through cos I think he is entitled to a right of reply to the responses by some of you to his last comment to this post.
I have fast come to the conclusion that Gua is here not to contribute constructively to any discussion. To the contrary, I think his agenda is to disrupt.
For that reason, I ask that if there is going to be a response to this comment, please let it be constructive.
I, for one, am not going to dignify it with a reply.
To all the Gua Bay Song bashers + Haris Ibrahim,
You are all a bunch of hypocrites out for the blood of innocent journalists, sub-editors, managers, marketing team fellas, techies, production team, printers, vendors etc… who cannot control the editorial policies which you loath.
If you don’t like the editorial policies, you can can among others:
– Buy up the newspaper
– Set up your own newspaper
The problem lies with the laws and boot-licking media owners, not the working class within a news organisation.
Haris had a chance to make a difference to the laws if he had the balls to stand for election (I’m sure the rest of you witch-hunters don’t qualify).
Journalism is a thankless job. You bunch of ingrates now want to make the lives of newsmen even more difficult with this brainless boycott.
Zorro: I don’t mess with senior citizens. Especially the senile ones.
Helen: Kudos for not behaving like the rest of the children who visit Haris’ blog. I appreciate the time and effort spent in replying. However, I choose to disagree with you on most points. I’m sure you have friends who work in the MSM. Are they all bad people? Do they deserve to be victim of Haris’ personal vendetta, regardless of whether he would be successful or not?
Haris: Why must you hide behind the skirt of your mickey mouse club members? Say something lah… You think you can do a better job than Kali or Cun Wai, start your own paper/radio/tv lah! If not, sau pei lah!
Joe Gomez
March 26, 2008
Haris
You have allowed this pathetic piece of protoplasm, Gua, his/her say.
Enuf is enuf.
tq
Joe,
Actually, its his final say in this blog.
trashed
March 26, 2008
Perhaps the “workers” and advertisers in the Old Media (or MSM) should take note of this article in USA Today, which appeared today. It may be applicable one day in Malaysia as well.
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New media expected to get more ad dollars
By David Lieberman, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Advertisers and marketers, struggling to keep up with changing consumer habits, are about to make massive investments in new digital and out-of-home media platforms, according to a forecast out today from research firm PQ Media.
It says that companies will spend more than $160.8 billion in 2012 — up 82% from 2008 — on 18 emerging markets including online videos, store-based TV screens, sponsored events, TV and movie product placements, cellphones, video games and digital video recorders.
“Americans are spending more time out of the home, working late hours, communicating via wireless devices, shopping in malls and stuck in traffic,” CEO Patrick Quinn says. “There has to be some change in (ad/marketing) strategies to reach these people.”
He expects the new platforms to account for nearly 27% of all ad and marketing spending in 2012, up from 16% this year.
Companies will increase their sales budgets and shift dollars away from traditional media, including broadcast TV, newspapers and magazines, PQ predicts.
One risk in the forecast — which PQ calls the first comprehensive analysis of the alternative media market — is that some figures are based on data that are not time-tested nor universally accepted.
Quinn says he assumes that “businesses are going to create trade organizations and standard metrics.” Then, “Some variables could change.” Sectors that PQ expects to see the biggest gains by 2012 include:
•Online search. Spending will grow 113%, to $26.1 billion, for ads and services at giants, including Google (GOOG) and Yahoo, (YHOO) as well as smaller providers such as ClipBlast and Citysearch. The big attraction is that these sites, in addition to displaying ads, also generate leads as customers click through to a sponsor’s site.
•Event sponsorships. Companies will spend more than $33 billion, up 72% from last year, to attach their brand names to sports, music, theater and other events. The trend is already well underway: Sponsors paid more than $2 billion last year on pro football, baseball, basketball and hockey.
Here, too, companies like the opportunities events provide to connect with new customers.
•E-direct marketing. Marketers will spend $22.1 billion, up 121%, to pitch messages to consumers via e-mail and pop-up ads.
Lots of people respond to e-mails, especially those that offer special deals for products or services that they like. Still, many recipients also increasingly are turning to spam-blocking software to keep from being inundated with junk e-mail.
•Online video and rich media. Opportunities are opening to reach potential customers with ads in or next to Internet video clips. In addition, many sites provide interactive services — for example, clothing retailers make it possible for visitors to visualize how a shirt might look on them. Spending on these sites will grow 389%, to $12.2 billion.
SV Singam
March 26, 2008
The “orgasmless one” reminded me of a guy with the pseudonym RALP (later discovered to be R a/l P) planted in Jaring General possibly by Telekom, whose singular purpose was to distract and disrupt. I tried to engage him logically but he deftly avoided all logical paths and simply continued to spew his malice.
I finally gave up on him, adopting the stance that there are only 2 ways to stop a dog from barking – ignore it or shoot it. That was why I didn’t even begin with this one. As Haris said, not deserving of the dignity of a response.
zorro
March 26, 2008
GBS said:Zorro: I don’t mess with senior citizens. Especially the senile ones.
Scared of senior citizens or respect for them. Senile is not as bad as being perpetually puerile, an infantile fixation you are afflicted with. Off with you child….play with somebody your age.
No Haris, give him one more chance to reply to my comment, after he has his bottle.