I can't stand the way the contestants of the Subaru Challenge are being lauded as heroes by the Mediacorp radio stations. Ok fine, so Mediacorp Radio is the organiser but still, the way the contestants, especially the last few, are lauded is just ridiculous. They are described as "brave" and are called "heroes". Like purrrllleeeaassee, don't make me puke. Granted it's quite a feat to stand there and brave the erratic weather for so many hours, but it's not as if they were doing it for charity. There's nothing altruistic going on here for goodness sake!
Speaking of Mediacorp Radio, I hate the blatant promoting of Singapore Idol every Thursday morning by the morning DJs. Just because the programme is broadcasted by Mediacorp TV, the morning DJs talk about who's better and whose performance was better etc. And on Friday morning, they will talk about the previous night's performance and speculate on who gets voted out. And no, I don't follow Singapore Idol. I've had enough of the Idol franchaise.
Anyway, I'm more pissed off by the former issue rather than the latter. It's bizarre how we glorify anyone and everyone these days.
Posted by DSD at November 3, 2004 12:00 AMPropaganda. Happens everywhere irregardless of whether u r behind the iron curtain in russia during the cold war or whether u r stuck with the delectable choices of radio and teevee stations we are presented with. Yah i hate Mediacorp especially with the slew of charity shows they have every year that seem more interested showcasing their "busking talents" rather than raising money for the sick and under-privileged ones. Think it should be geared more towards the awareness of the disease rather than monkey performing tactics. =P
Posted by: ronlee_7 at November 3, 2004 5:35 AMyeah you're right. And i agree with the thing about those charity shows. There are so many of them all year round that i've lost track of what's what. I don't even bother to watch those charity shows. Maybe it's compassion fatigue.
Posted by: dsd at November 3, 2004 8:40 AMI have long since imposed a boycott of sorts on anything to do with local media (except for football programmes on cable, television programmes listings and the comics section). Other than that, I rather watch 70s HK Drama serials.
Posted by: D W at November 3, 2004 3:13 PMDW, those canto soap operas that always play the classical piece Medidation? 在一個夜黑風高的夜晚...and the piece starts...*LOL*.
Posted by: roblee7 at November 3, 2004 8:32 PMDW: Yeah i think those Cantonese drama serials will be more interesting to watch!
I wished TVB could broadcast here! I would lap up all the Cantonese drama serials!
Posted by: dsd at November 3, 2004 9:06 PMdsd: I am a TVB junkie. Have been watching almost every serial since ... 2000. :P
roblee7: >:=(
Posted by: D W at November 4, 2004 9:33 AMI SO absolutely agree!!! i had 98.7 on the whole of yesterday afternoon and good riddance--do they only have 2 on-air promo ads? one on the subaru challenge which made the female winner such a hero (and they made such an obvious remark on how the winner is forgotten when they see the woman runner-up push herself so hard), and the other is on Singapore Idol ("it's your last chance to speak to Singapore Idol dropout--Christopher Michael LEE!!!!!!). These promos are SO VERY irritating!! Grrrrr....and on Bush....Jamie Yeo makes VERY partisan remarks on the elections. Not like I don't agree with her, but come on man, it's on radio and so many young kids listening to her crap. Someone should shut her gap by slapping an OB marker to chill her big blubbery lips. lol. oops, will i get sued?
Posted by: mel at November 4, 2004 12:27 PMmel: I know, it's so STUPID. Anybody not in the know would think that woman was some martyr! And the winner and this woman get to go on radio as guests! It's crazy.
Posted by: dsd at November 5, 2004 8:49 AM