June 17, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
Hey Star, We No Stupid Lah
“Report is Public”, blares the front page of The Star today:
KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas has been publishing its annual report for the past 18 years and it is easily available, including on its website, said its president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican.
“We print 5,000 copies of the report every year even though we are legally required to publish only two. We distribute the report to the Parliament library, ministries and even the media,” he said in an interview.
Replying to queries by various quarters that the national petroleum corporation’s accounts were not made public, Hassan said yesterday that this was not true and it was just that certain people “refused to look for iteven though it is easily available.”
”If they cannot find one of the 5,000 copies we’ve printed, then they should have searched our website under the heading ‘Investors Relations’ in the Corporate webpage.
Seriously. God. Who do you think you are kidding? Everyone knows that Petronas’ revenue is public. That’s how we know that the oil prices are giving you record profits!
What we fricking obviously want to know is HOW THE GOVT SPENDS the money that is taken from Petronas. It sure as hell isn’t in the annual report, or anywhere else. (BTW you can get the report here, Petronas’ site is a bitch to navigate). You would think that journalists and editors over at the People’s Paper would have thought of this, but no.
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Serena thought that...
June 17, 2008 @ 8:39 pm
Ah well, I believe is not that the journalists and editors didn’t think of it. But it’s more of the OWNERship of The Star ;) who don’t allow these materials to be published.
As a budding journalist, I’d urge you not to read the mainstream media. They’re full of crap.
Tim thought that...
June 17, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
Oh I believe most of us are past believing in the MSM, we just read it to a) stay informed about the “other side” b) get laughs :)
Serena thought that...
June 18, 2008 @ 9:59 am
Haha I’d rather believe it to be just for laughs.
The MSM is just so full of crap, I can’t wait to end my attachment with them!
davidlian thought that...
June 18, 2008 @ 7:02 pm
These days, newspapers get by by reporting the obvious. No, journalists and editors aren’t idiots… there are always other factors involved - like Serena says.