Kena troll di majlis ceramah BN

Pilihan raya yang dijadualkan akan berlangsung pada bulan Jun katanya macam masih tidak kelihatan. Dah berapa banyak khabar angin mengatakan dari semenjak awal tahun. Ada kata bulan tiga, tunggu punya tunggu tak juga kelihatan. Lepas tu ada kata bulan 6, ni dah nak habis bulan 6 takda apa-apa pun.

Rasanya kita semua dah kena 'game' dengan kerajaan kot. Lantaklah, apa yang kita dengar tu semua hanya khabar angin. Benda belum sahih. Khabar angin berikutnya dikatakan akan berlangsung bulan 9. Ape-apejelah wahai DSNR.

Teringat satu cerita yang diturunkan oleh seorang saudara sepupu. Pada waktu itu sudah hampir-hampir musim PRU tahun 2008. Maka beliau pun pulanglah ke kampung sebelum pilihan raya dijadualkan berlangsung. Masa daftar pemilih dulu pilih tempat kat Bagan Datoh.

Dengan keinginan dan semangat untuk mengundi buat pertama kali, beliau berjalan-jalanlah sekitar kampung termasuklah masjid, kedai-kedai kopi termasuklah kedai jual surat khabar Mak Minah kat tepi padang Selekoh tu. Sembanglah beliau dengan Mak Minah;

"Yim, ko balik kampung ni ape kehainye?"
"Tak da ape Mak Minah. Saje je."
"Usoh le kamu nipu aku. Aku makan garam lagi dulu dari ko. Kalo takda sebab, takkan punyelah ko balik kampung neh. Neh, kerat jari Mak Minah ni kalau tak caye"

Selepas dipujuk rayu dan nyaris-nyaris dicium Mak Minah, beliau pun mengaku. Beliau balik ke kampung untuk survey-survey calon pilihanraya akan datang.

"Kau g la usha kat markas PR dengan BN tu. Kenal-kenal calon kawasan ni. Alah, diorang peramah. Dun wury lah."
"Haaa.... Yer la Mak Minah, Yim pergi la"

Maka dengan berkat informasi Mak Minah bagi, Yim pun pergilah ke Markas BN. Yim memilih untuk pergi ketika berlangsungnya sesi ceramah berbaur hasutan untuk memangkah BN. Tapi Yim dah lambat. Ceramah tu pun dah habis. Maka Yim pun pergilah bertanya kepada sekumpulan orang-orang yang rancak bersembang di sudut khemah itu.

"Assalamualaikum Pakcik Mail. Apa Khabar? Hensem bergaya lemak berkrim nampak. Ape cerr ni?"
"Ohhh. Baru je lepas ceramah ni. Mai la duduk Yim. Kita sembang-sembang."

Yim pun duduk. Dia disapa oleh Pak Meor.

"Kau buat apa sekarang ni Yim?"
"Tengah duduk ni ha pak Meor. Awat?"
"Bukan tu, ko kerja apa sekarang"
"Kerja kerji je Pak Meor"
"Lantak ko le Yim, malas dah aku tanya lagi. Seeeennntaaaap!"

Gelak besar orang-orang di situ dengan gelagat Pak Meor.

Yim memulakan pertanyaan. "Siapa calon PRU kali ni Pak Mail?"
"Halah Yim, mike toksah pikir banyak sangat. Mike pangkah je BN. Calon tu toksah pikir-pikir sangat."

Sentap hati Yim dengan statement laha Pak Mail. Ape dia ingat nak mengundi tu ikut pusat punya manifesto je?

Yim pulang dangan hampa.

Selang beberapa hari, Yim pun pergilah dekat PR punya markas. Mulalah sesi loyar buruk dengan orang kampung. Tapi kali ni dia dapat pengalaman yang berbeza. Apabila ditanya mengenai calon pilihanraya PR, dengan senangnya orang-orang disitu mengenalkan Yim dengan calon itu. Bahkan pada ketika itu, calon berkenaan turut melayan loyar buruk Yim.

"Ni la calon yang makcik ceritakan tadi. Baik orangnya, berbudi bahasa. Dulu pengetua sekolah. Tapi mintak bersara awal sebab nak tolong orang. Ko lepas ni kenalkan la dia kat orang-orang lain. Bukan orang lain pun. Jiran ko jugak."

Berbeza sungguh layanan dari kedua-dua parti politik tu. Rasa-rasanya lepas ni Yim pangkah sapa?

Cerita ni cuma lakonan semata-mata. Tapi kes kena troll pasal calon tu memang betoi terjadi dari pengalaman. Ada sebarang perkara nak share?

Different opinions needs different media

Internets are the new method that people nowadays share information. The internet revolution spread fast through out the world today making it another phenomenon that give the impact on the other conventional media. Some people call it as new media. Although it is not mainstream however the impact is still there. There are certain way that internet support the dissident voice or opinion that are underground and unacceptable in mainstream media.

 

The freedom of writing or expressive opinion are the main interest upon talking about online writing. Anyone from anywhere can express their own idea, opinion or even to criticize on certain item that matters to them. They might some politician that uses the internet to gain the voters influence, an artist to display their work or an underground musician show off their talent. But the point is, online media give the opportunities for the minority that unable to penetrate the mainstream media to express their own idea.

Our local mainstream media neither printed media such as magazine or newspaper nor electronic media such as radio and television are being controlled by the government. The government control the media  to filter out unnecessary information from being transferred directly from the source to the audience. During the years when Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad ruled, Malaysian mainstream media had their hardest time of reporting the news. The news are being filtered out that there are some news are bias towards the governments especially in politics. Tun Dr. Mahathir once said “Who control the media, control the mind”. 

Because of the tight restrictions during that time, many of the minority that had no ways to conveying their thoughts turn out to write it on the web. The internet is so vast that the government unable to do some policy to control it. This creates an opportunities to other dissident voice that oppose the mainstream media ideas to express their thoughts.

As for an example that the online media support dissident voice is through Malaysian National General Election in 2008. During the time of Prime Minister Abdullah,  we see the governments restriction over the online media is still loose thus create an opportunity for the opposition party to gain the influence of their voters through internet. The mainstream media reporting the news that are bias ant not fully transparent are one of the factors that the people turn to internet to find information. The opposition have to do this way because their opinion are totally different from the mainstream media told the people.

As for the conclusion, online news media or some people call it as online journalism really support dissident voice that oppose the mainstream idea and give the minority to express their thoughts and opinions. Anyone from anywhere can write, show and present their ideas using internet as a new media.

Ps: I really need to improve the readability and legibility of this blog. Sigh!