While Straits Times ‘journalist’ Tessa Wong was quick to quote ‘anonymous’ sources to smear presidential hopeful Tan Kin Lian one week ago, she failed to use the sources made available to her even when they were widely circulated on the internet.
In her article published in the Straits Times today entitled “Another Tan joins the fray”, Tessa Wong did not bother to reproduce the key points in pro-Singaporean leader Mr Tan Jee Say’s press statement posted on his blog yesterday saved for the opening paragraph that he is contesting the election on behalf of Singaporeans who want a president independent of the PAP.
In contrast, the Straits Times published most of PAP-endorsed candidate Tony Tan’s press statement when he first announced his candidacy. Full story
