Taipei Times
21st Jan 2008
By Lillian Wang
"Can the public expect the media to change overnight and become a professional watchdog over a legislature dominated by one party? Can we expect the media to measure the KMT -- a mega party that may gather up all five branches of the government into its hands -- by the same standards it measured the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) minority government?
Examining other Asian countries dominated by a single party may be instructive. One example is Singapore, where dominance has led to media conformity. The two largest media groups are owned by the government and the ruling party has even gone so far as to restrict the opposition from using Internet sites and blogs as part of their election campaigns. This blatant suppression of opinion is certainly not a good example for Taiwan."
