Monday, June 05, 2006

Channel X: This is what worries the PAPy.

Once a minister - I believe it was Teo Chee Hean - who was reported to have said that "ideas can be dangerous". Perhaps it was out of context. At the IPS seminar last week, I was troubled by what Tarn How said about how he felt that those who saw "The Singapore Rebel", would have a change of heart about Dr SJ Chee. I am sure he was not suggesting anything like what Chee Hean said, but the implications can be enormous.

Just as this video (from http://channel-x.blogspot.com):

projects, the messaging and clarity of information can be presented in compelling fashion given the right tools. What is more important, IMHO, is to not artificially chain regular media so that they too can be honest with their chosen profession and not be pawns to be played into the hands of a self-appointed few.