Alpha Leader
7th Sep 2004, 04:43
Now we know what the truth is worth: a double-page ad for Singapore Airlines. This is the logical conclusion readers of “The Economist” must draw from the following chain of events.
In its August 14th 2004 edition, “The Economist” ran an article on Temasek (and, in the wider context, Singapore Inc.), pointing out what in any meritocracy is a rather unusual concentration of power in the hands of the Lee clan. In particular, the appointment of Ho Ching, the wife of H.S. Lee, to the post of chairwoman of Temasek Holdings, was reported in a way that would leave any critical reader (of which, of course, there are none in Singapore) considering the possibility that Ho had been handed her post to further the Lee family interests.
In its current edition, “The Economist” now carries the most pathetic apology to the Lee clan (known to most subscribers of quality magazines and newspapers as prolific blackmailers using the submissive courts in Singapore to extort money from any publication that does not tow the line of the Lee mafia) and an admission it is paying the Lee family off. But there’s more: a double-page ad for SIA placed in the inside front cover in the same issue. :yuk:
I continue to wonder why foreign publishers even care to take note of the rantings of a dictatorship that runs a country that is smaller than flysh!t on any world map.
It is, however, comforting to know that “The Economist” will never publish an apology for any coverage of Robert Mugabe – his airline cannot afford any ads
:p
In its August 14th 2004 edition, “The Economist” ran an article on Temasek (and, in the wider context, Singapore Inc.), pointing out what in any meritocracy is a rather unusual concentration of power in the hands of the Lee clan. In particular, the appointment of Ho Ching, the wife of H.S. Lee, to the post of chairwoman of Temasek Holdings, was reported in a way that would leave any critical reader (of which, of course, there are none in Singapore) considering the possibility that Ho had been handed her post to further the Lee family interests.
In its current edition, “The Economist” now carries the most pathetic apology to the Lee clan (known to most subscribers of quality magazines and newspapers as prolific blackmailers using the submissive courts in Singapore to extort money from any publication that does not tow the line of the Lee mafia) and an admission it is paying the Lee family off. But there’s more: a double-page ad for SIA placed in the inside front cover in the same issue. :yuk:
I continue to wonder why foreign publishers even care to take note of the rantings of a dictatorship that runs a country that is smaller than flysh!t on any world map.
It is, however, comforting to know that “The Economist” will never publish an apology for any coverage of Robert Mugabe – his airline cannot afford any ads
:p