Petition to Shut Down Stomp

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http://mumbrella.asia/2014/04/sph-editor-independent-news-outlet-theres-market-stories-arent-fact-checked/#more-22524

 

 

SPH editor on independent news outlets in Singapore: there’s a market for stories that are not fact-checked

 

Patrick Daniel at the WAN-IFRA event in Hong Kong

 

 

Patrick Daniel, the editor-in-chief of English and Malay newspapers for the Straits Times publisher Singapore Press Holdings, said yesterday that while independent news sites in Singapore “have their audience”, they serve people who are less interested in credible news.

 

“If you [independent news sites in Singapore] want to bash out a story without checking facts, there is a market for that. But that’s not our market,” he told Mumbrella at the World Association of Newspapers conference yesterday.

 

“They have their audience and we have ours. All power to them,” he said. ”We have our audience to serve, and we have to do as good a job as we can.”

 

“The online publishing space is wide, and we can’t be all things to everyone. So we just have to know who our audience is and be the trusted source of information.”

 

Daniel’s comments came on the say day as he defended SPH’s gossip site STOMP, which has come under fire for publishing false stories. There is currently a campaign running to close the site down.

 

Daniel also answered Mumbrella’s question about rising competition from international news outlets such as The Guardian, which is considering launching in Asia, and BuzzFeed, which is looking at Singapore as an option to set up a regional hub in Asia, and has been hiring investigative journalists to boost its news offering.

 

“Our strength is that we know our town best, it’s our territory. We have far more resources [than international competitors] to throw at a story locally,” Daniel said.

 

“Mail Online could come to Singapore and The Guardian could come, and they’d produce maybe one story a fortnight. But we will be here everyday.”

 

However, competition is something that “we all have to get used to it”, he conceded.

 

Singapore Press Holdings has long enjoyed a limited competitive environment, with MediaCorp’s TODAY newspaper being the only English language rival to the Straits Times, the country’s best-read news source.

 

 

[Super7]

 

Honestly - I don't expect (nor really want) Stomp to be closed down. In some areas I think they are doing an excellent job - like the reporting on the Orchard Road Floods - or the story on they put up when the tipper truck spilled mud all over a car and everybody helped to dig it out.

 

I think these are excellent and what the site should be about.

What I want to see is a more responsible and considered editorial policy instead of all the backstabbing, prejudcial, suspicion inducing articles they publish.

Well said!!!

 

PS --- The unobtrusive shoe racks, if placed properly, are ok. But not those flower pots or bulky items which make escapes in case of fire etc difficult.

http://mumbrella.asia/2014/04/sph-editor-independent-news-outlet-theres-market-stories-arent-fact-checked/#more-22524

 

SPH editor on independent news outlets in Singapore: theres a market for stories that are not fact-checked

 

Patrick Daniel at the WAN-IFRA event in Hong Kong

 

 

Patrick Daniel, the editor-in-chief of English and Malay newspapers for the Straits Times publisher Singapore Press Holdings, said yesterday that while independent news sites in Singapore have their audience, they serve people who are less interested in credible news.

 

If you [independent news sites in Singapore] want to bash out a story without checking facts, there is a market for that. But thats not our market, he told Mumbrella at the World Association of Newspapers conference yesterday.

 

They have their audience and we have ours. All power to them, he said. We have our audience to serve, and we have to do as good a job as we can.

 

The online publishing space is wide, and we cant be all things to everyone. So we just have to know who our audience is and be the trusted source of information.

 

Daniels comments came on the say day as he defended SPHs gossip site STOMP, which has come under fire for publishing false stories. There is currently a campaign running to close the site down.

 

Daniel also answered Mumbrellas question about rising competition from international news outlets such as The Guardian, which is considering launching in Asia, and BuzzFeed, which is looking at Singapore as an option to set up a regional hub in Asia, and has been hiring investigative journalists to boost its news offering.

 

Our strength is that we know our town best, its our territory. We have far more resources [than international competitors] to throw at a story locally, Daniel said.

 

Mail Online could come to Singapore and The Guardian could come, and theyd produce maybe one story a fortnight. But we will be here everyday.

 

However, competition is something that we all have to get used to it, he conceded.

 

Singapore Press Holdings has long enjoyed a limited competitive environment, with MediaCorps TODAY newspaper being the only English language rival to the Straits Times, the countrys best-read news source.

 

 

it's about making money for SPH, and other agendas.

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