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Govt explains ban on political podcasts

The Straits Times, Saturday April 12 2006 (Pg 3)

This is a follow up to the previous post about the banning of political podcasts. I do agree with the idea of banning such things, because after all the government is only trying to have a fair and serious election. Some people might say that the government is being old-fashioned and over-reacting to the situation. I say no, because in retrospect such technology is relatively new to the elections process. I reckon that the government is only easing such technology into the election process as society in general becomes more used to the use of podcasts and such.

Furthermore, such methods of spreading information are very influential because it is very acessible, especially for the more tech-savvy generations. There are a lot of sheep out there who believe in everything they are told. Also, with podcasts you can't really verify the truth. Who knows who to trust for information these days? The government's fear is that there will be slanted propaganda introduced, and this will lead to chaos as they are exaggerated and irrational.

posted by Charmaine @ 9:36 PM