Anyone who regularly watches this space will know that i have a special annoyance for most stuff to do with mediacrap, and that any mention of them here is to remark upon something bad (cos well i don't see anything good to remark upon).
Well, methinks that this time they've really outdone themselves in the narcissism and self-congratulatory department, as seen in this cna article. Imagine that - they all getting so proud about MediaCorp News "[sweeping] the lion's share of the annual in-house awards given to journalists" (pardon the formal quoting btw, occupational hazard of just having finished thesis). Well - let me analyze that statement a tad - "in-house" = only MediaCorp stuff is eligible, or at the least is heavily favored to win; "given to journalists" = the news department would obviously have the upper hand - i mean, which other department has journalists anyway? I dunno who won the two awards that MediaCorp News didn't win, but that's besides the point - the fact that they didn't win everything shows how poor their quality is (imho). In other words, i can't think of a more flawed set-up for an awards presentation than this one.
Maybe on second thoughts, this whole awards thingy isn't so bad, in the sense that i guess hard work deserves to be recognized. My beef though, is that (again, imho) the kind of nonsense that they produce doesn't even begin to warrant them splashing out such a long article to bask in their own perceived (not by me though) achievements. Get their act together, then maybe i will cease from being so critical. But alas, that day appears to be far from a-coming...
side note: this just turned three!
second side note: updates on how thesis went etc will come soon...
i read this halfway, and knew it had to be a joke - oh if only...
Go heels!
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