Nazri said he will not apologies to Robert Kuok - Determination of Source Reliability
Recently, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, who is a Malaysian politician from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), challenged Robert Kuok, the richest person in Malaysia, to contest in the coming polls. This was due to the rumors said that Kuok was funding DAP to oust the government. He used some insulting words like 'pondan' (pansy) and 'ayam betina' (hen) to described Kuok. For more information and the video footage, please visit https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/413501 . His saying cause some arguments among community. Soon, he made his remarks that he will not apologies for what he said. In this blog, I will choose 2 websites to that talk about this news, and investigate which source is more credible.
Article 1: Nazri will not apologise to Kuok, but welcomes his denial
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/40128/
Article 2: NAZRI: I WILL NOT APOLOGISE TO ROBERT KUOK
https://theworldnews.net/my-news/nazri-i-will-not-apologise-to-robert-kuok
1) What Website published it? What does the domain name stand for? (eg. “.org”=organization)
In Article 1, it was The Malaysian Insight that published the news. This website do not have a domain. The website is owed by Jahabar Sadiq, who was the former editor of The Malayian Insider. The Malaysia Insider was terminated by The Edge Media Group for some commercial reasons, said by Jahabar.
( http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/head-of-defunct-news-portal-to-launch-the-malaysian-insight#WKZGA3PqPiFZc0RK.97 )
Article 2 was published by TheWorldNewsNet. The domain of this website is .net. .NET stand for NETwork. According to their twitter, TheWorldNewsNet is "The first decentralized news platform, built on blockchain technology using neural networks" ( https://twitter.com/theworldnewsnet ) According to Ginneken(1998), he mentioned in his book that The world news net is formed by thousands of foreign journalists all around the world, and they are unevenly distributed but with recognizable patterns.
From the website itself, we cannot really tell which website is more reliable. The .net for TheWorldNewsNet is an alternative to .com. We need to take see look into the website to get more information.
2) Does the site have advertising?
Both website do not have advertisment. This means that the website do not care to earn money from view. News website that contain advertising tend to be more bias in their content and might have clickbait title.
3) What is the date of the article?
Article 1 published on 27 Feb 2018, 5:19PM
Article 2 published on 27 Feb 2018, 3:54PM
Both articles are latest news.
4) These articles are talking about the same event. Summarize in two sentences what happened.
Article 1:
- Nazri will not apologise for what he said, evenknow Kuok had denied funding DAP to drive out the government, he also mention that Kuok should denied the allegation immediately after it appear.
- Ti Lian Ker from MCA said that the attack was not appropriate because Kuok benefited Malaysians due to his successful buisness, while Kuok was mulling suit against the allegation.
Article 2:
- Nazri said that he will not apologise to Robert Kuok, although the tycoon's office denied that Kuok funded DAP to topple the government.
- Nazri said that Kuok should denied the allegation immediately, and he thanks Kuok for not doing things that opposing the government, and hoped that Kuok would take legal action to clear his name, while tycoon's office remarked that Kuok reserved the right to sue Raja Petra for the allegation.
5) Did the reporter remain impartial or did s/he try to persuade the reader in a certain direction. How can you tell?
Article 1: The reporter tend to focus the mistake that Nazri made, such as quotes Nazri's impropriety sentence. The article also mention the impropriety sentence that UMNO member comments about Kuok. Overall, the reporter tried to persuade the reader that not just Nazri, but member of UMNO tend to targeting Kuok.
Article 2: The reporter tend to be more neutral because the article mostly focus on the things that Nazri said after he come out with the statement calling Kuok a "pondan". The reporter also mention the action that Kuok will be taken after Nazri made such remark.
6) Which sources did the reporter use or contact when writing this article?
Article 1: The reporter got the sources from a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. Basically the reporter got the information from primary sources.
Article 2: The reporter mention that the press conference happened at the Malaysia Tourism Information Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The information is a primary resources. However, the news was actually directly forward from FMT (Free Malaysia Today) and marked as Trusted. The cause the entire article from TheWorldNewsNet a secondary resources. Basically this is a news from Free Malaysia Today. The name of the reporter did not mentioned in TheWorldNewsNet but they provided a hyperlink that link to FMT source article website, then only the author of the article appeared.
7) Which source is MORE credible? Why?
After go through these 6 analysis, turned out The Malaysian Insight is more credible compare with TheWorldNewsNet. First of all, evenknow second article seems to be less bias compare to the first article, but it was directed from another website. To know if the article is reliable, we need to check back the primary website of the article. We can assume that not all articles from TheWorldNewsNet come from a reliable website. On the other hand, The Malaysia Insight is much more simpler and transparent compare to TheWorldNewsNet in terms of owner and reporter. This cause The Malaysian Insight is a better source compare with TheWorldNewsNet. TheWorldNewsNet can be a great tool to understand the trend of different country as the website contain different article from different country and different language, but we need to check the credible of the original source website everytime we read an article.
Reference:
GINNEKEN, J. V. (1998). Understanding global news: a critical introduction. London: SAGE Publications.
Article 1: Nazri will not apologise to Kuok, but welcomes his denial
https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/40128/
Article 2: NAZRI: I WILL NOT APOLOGISE TO ROBERT KUOK
https://theworldnews.net/my-news/nazri-i-will-not-apologise-to-robert-kuok
1) What Website published it? What does the domain name stand for? (eg. “.org”=organization)
In Article 1, it was The Malaysian Insight that published the news. This website do not have a domain. The website is owed by Jahabar Sadiq, who was the former editor of The Malayian Insider. The Malaysia Insider was terminated by The Edge Media Group for some commercial reasons, said by Jahabar.
( http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/head-of-defunct-news-portal-to-launch-the-malaysian-insight#WKZGA3PqPiFZc0RK.97 )
Article 2 was published by TheWorldNewsNet. The domain of this website is .net. .NET stand for NETwork. According to their twitter, TheWorldNewsNet is "The first decentralized news platform, built on blockchain technology using neural networks" ( https://twitter.com/theworldnewsnet ) According to Ginneken(1998), he mentioned in his book that The world news net is formed by thousands of foreign journalists all around the world, and they are unevenly distributed but with recognizable patterns.
From the website itself, we cannot really tell which website is more reliable. The .net for TheWorldNewsNet is an alternative to .com. We need to take see look into the website to get more information.
2) Does the site have advertising?
Both website do not have advertisment. This means that the website do not care to earn money from view. News website that contain advertising tend to be more bias in their content and might have clickbait title.
3) What is the date of the article?
Article 1 published on 27 Feb 2018, 5:19PM
Article 2 published on 27 Feb 2018, 3:54PM
Both articles are latest news.
4) These articles are talking about the same event. Summarize in two sentences what happened.
Article 1:
- Nazri will not apologise for what he said, evenknow Kuok had denied funding DAP to drive out the government, he also mention that Kuok should denied the allegation immediately after it appear.
- Ti Lian Ker from MCA said that the attack was not appropriate because Kuok benefited Malaysians due to his successful buisness, while Kuok was mulling suit against the allegation.
Article 2:
- Nazri said that he will not apologise to Robert Kuok, although the tycoon's office denied that Kuok funded DAP to topple the government.
- Nazri said that Kuok should denied the allegation immediately, and he thanks Kuok for not doing things that opposing the government, and hoped that Kuok would take legal action to clear his name, while tycoon's office remarked that Kuok reserved the right to sue Raja Petra for the allegation.
5) Did the reporter remain impartial or did s/he try to persuade the reader in a certain direction. How can you tell?
Article 1: The reporter tend to focus the mistake that Nazri made, such as quotes Nazri's impropriety sentence. The article also mention the impropriety sentence that UMNO member comments about Kuok. Overall, the reporter tried to persuade the reader that not just Nazri, but member of UMNO tend to targeting Kuok.
Article 2: The reporter tend to be more neutral because the article mostly focus on the things that Nazri said after he come out with the statement calling Kuok a "pondan". The reporter also mention the action that Kuok will be taken after Nazri made such remark.
6) Which sources did the reporter use or contact when writing this article?
Article 1: The reporter got the sources from a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. Basically the reporter got the information from primary sources.
Article 2: The reporter mention that the press conference happened at the Malaysia Tourism Information Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The information is a primary resources. However, the news was actually directly forward from FMT (Free Malaysia Today) and marked as Trusted. The cause the entire article from TheWorldNewsNet a secondary resources. Basically this is a news from Free Malaysia Today. The name of the reporter did not mentioned in TheWorldNewsNet but they provided a hyperlink that link to FMT source article website, then only the author of the article appeared.
7) Which source is MORE credible? Why?
After go through these 6 analysis, turned out The Malaysian Insight is more credible compare with TheWorldNewsNet. First of all, evenknow second article seems to be less bias compare to the first article, but it was directed from another website. To know if the article is reliable, we need to check back the primary website of the article. We can assume that not all articles from TheWorldNewsNet come from a reliable website. On the other hand, The Malaysia Insight is much more simpler and transparent compare to TheWorldNewsNet in terms of owner and reporter. This cause The Malaysian Insight is a better source compare with TheWorldNewsNet. TheWorldNewsNet can be a great tool to understand the trend of different country as the website contain different article from different country and different language, but we need to check the credible of the original source website everytime we read an article.
Reference:
GINNEKEN, J. V. (1998). Understanding global news: a critical introduction. London: SAGE Publications.
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