Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Tokoh Wartawan Negara is --- Johan Jaafar.
Johan.. WHO?
Was he a cadet reporter? Was he a reporter? Was he on the ground reporting crimes, covering the rakyat's problem?
Oh, he's Tokoh Wartawan Negara because some people in MPI sees him fit to be one.
We already know who's going to be the next Tokoh Wartawan Negara. To avoid embarrassment, no name will be mentioned. Those in line need not worry but they can start drafting their acceptance speech text.
It's among friends anyway.
It's going to be a Malay.
To the non-Malays journalists who write well and known, please don't complain.
Anyway, the award ceremony was graced by the private sectors who bought tables.
Former editors and journalists, please reads the papers and follow your ex-colleagues Facebook to find out the next Tokoh Wartawan Negara.
MPI only invites certain friends and personalities to grace their annual event.
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I have asked my office to stop Utusan Malaysia's subscriptions.
I thought under Malaysia Baru and without inteference from the Government of the Day, Utusan will become a real "newspaper".
Surprisingly, it has become a thrash, the editors have the brain of that of a "ketua cawangan Umno".
Sounds rude? Just take a look at their contents.
It's either wrong editors are being put in charge or the paper has lost any hope of survival and just banking on Umno returning to power.
Next on my list is the NST. By next month, if the paper doesn't improve, the best thing to do is axe its subscription.
I would have expected NST to have a glimpse of the Times of London or the New York Times.
But when it tries to thrive on trivialism, it' s time to cut my office expenditure.
We didn't buy NST to discover how hot the weather now or how many tonnes of rubbish in the country.
We expect intellectual journalism.
We expect stories similar to the Brexit issues in the Times of London and the border wall initiated by Donald Trump to thwart immigrants coming into the US.
We expect NST to talk about why is Anwar Ibrahim so angry with Mahathir and Pas and whether he is the right choice to replace Mahathir. Why is Najib trying to cleanse himself through trolling and why some ministers under performed.
Like Utusan, NST is also becoming a thrash despite the new Government allowing them the freedom to report.
