tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post2811058770711224851..comments2024-03-18T22:38:04.657+07:00Comments on The RAB Experience: A Bus StoryRob Baitonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-78682117976212345102009-05-07T11:44:00.000+07:002009-05-07T11:44:00.000+07:00Therry...
You are not a Jakarta Globe reader?Therry...<br /><br />You are not a Jakarta Globe reader?Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-12068241577830989332009-05-06T21:22:00.000+07:002009-05-06T21:22:00.000+07:00Yeah Rob, you lower-class people you! *gives a pat...Yeah Rob, you lower-class people you! *gives a paternal shake to her Jakarta Post and continues reading* :Ptherryhttp://therrysays.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-20275686241289953982009-05-04T18:00:00.000+07:002009-05-04T18:00:00.000+07:00Anonymous...
Thanks for dropping by and leaving a...Anonymous...<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment.<br /><br />A couple of points though. I generally ask that anonymous posters adopt a pen name (assuming you cannot use your real name - most people do this for me). Second all caps equates to shouting in netiquette terms.<br /><br />So, are you shouting at me?<br /><br />On to the substance. It is a good question. There must beRob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-48205607640415836872009-05-04T17:50:00.000+07:002009-05-04T17:50:00.000+07:00WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PORN ON SERVERS IN THIS COUNTRY...WHAT ABOUT ALL THE PORN ON SERVERS IN THIS COUNTRY?? EVER HEARD OF ANY ACTION TAKE IN THIS REGARD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-29578072141961588792009-05-04T16:52:00.000+07:002009-05-04T16:52:00.000+07:00Harry...
So it seems.Harry...<br /><br />So it seems.Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-70593467629849836382009-05-03T21:06:00.001+07:002009-05-03T21:06:00.001+07:00Hi Rob,
It seems that the Pornography Law is not e...Hi Rob,<br />It seems that the Pornography Law is not effective.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949573308782388848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-46096884378188802232009-05-03T21:06:00.000+07:002009-05-03T21:06:00.000+07:00Hi Rob,
It seems that the Pornography Law is not e...Hi Rob,<br />It seems that the Pornography Law is not effective.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949573308782388848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-69353682503279271582009-05-03T17:24:00.000+07:002009-05-03T17:24:00.000+07:00Therry...
Thanks for telling me that I am of the ...Therry...<br /><br />Thanks for telling me that I am of the lower class :D <br /><br />I read Pos Kota, Lampu Merah, and a number of others regularly.<br /><br />Sometimes though these sensationalist rags break some good stories and also address some of the stories that no other "respectable" paper would touch.<br /><br />These papers fill a niche market gap for sure.<br /><br />Lawgulp...<br /><Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-67498963096947418142009-05-03T16:24:00.000+07:002009-05-03T16:24:00.000+07:00"the power of the blogger is his status as an outs..."the power of the blogger is his status as an outsider"<br />from smh this week by Staines<br /><br />you might want to read ackland on the press freedom dinner in the fair city of sydney - world's 15th most livable??lawgulpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-36802565293548832882009-05-03T15:51:00.000+07:002009-05-03T15:51:00.000+07:00Pos Kota, Lampu Merah, Warta Kota and so on... wha...Pos Kota, Lampu Merah, Warta Kota and so on... what are their similarities?<br /><br />They always have headlines that already tell the jist of the stories, which render it useless for people to read furthermore.<br /><br />But sensational, nevertheless. Their target market have always been the lower-class people who are interested in reading such stories... although I must say they give me a therryhttp://therrysays.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-47729512062325285222009-05-03T14:45:00.000+07:002009-05-03T14:45:00.000+07:00Lawgee...
Which one does Hector own?Lawgee...<br /><br />Which one does Hector own?Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-88749093252783640992009-05-03T13:19:00.000+07:002009-05-03T13:19:00.000+07:00I agree with you about freedom of press here. I ju...I agree with you about freedom of press here. I just find this piece a strange indicator of such.<br /><br />The KPK thing will unwind a bit later today it seems.... I feel that its an exception rather than the rule.... how do we measure FOP? You would know the defamation regime here better than I...<br /><br />have u had a look at the Smeargate emails??? and what this guy thinks about the media lawgeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-51572478628036740422009-05-03T12:51:00.000+07:002009-05-03T12:51:00.000+07:00The Writer...
Who knows? Perhaps you should have ...The Writer...<br /><br />Who knows? Perhaps you should have asked ;)<br /><br />I cannot see why a jilbab wearing journalist couldn't write a story like the one the headline indicates, as the news is the news.<br /><br />Rani...<br /><br />Sounds feasible. I am sure that these things happen. I gotta say I did not see such a thing in my time in Jakarta, but had heard such stories.<br /><br />Rob Baitonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122219639222126602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-70657790232913896832009-05-03T10:57:00.000+07:002009-05-03T10:57:00.000+07:00does this really indicate freedom of the press?? s...does this really indicate freedom of the press?? should the newspaper not have published it as as some sort of self-censorship? should the Press board take it up and excommunicate the journalist? should the dept of Information shut the paper down?? of course not.... if little people do disgusting things let it be reported.... the cry of how free the press is here would be more salient if you lawfreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-15115100226288962392009-05-03T10:55:00.000+07:002009-05-03T10:55:00.000+07:00does this really indicate freedom of the press?? s...does this really indicate freedom of the press?? should the newspaper not have published it as as some sort of self-censorship? should the Press board take it up and excommunicate the journalist? should the dept of Information shut the paper down?? of course not.... if little people do disgusting things let it be reported.... the cry of how free the press is here would be more salient if you lawfreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-43788000972586105652009-05-02T18:46:00.000+07:002009-05-02T18:46:00.000+07:00I wonder how this particular article came out? Did...I wonder how this particular article came out? Did the girl report the boy to the police? <br /><br />I kind of picturing a journalist, half dozing in a metromini and suddenly awaken when his (yea, I suppose it's a he) esia mobile ringing, apparently a phone call from his editor who demand for a piece, something, anything, better be a front page material... and then he saw this :Dranihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12482506500025174557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9136987847943346639.post-21439221853108696652009-05-01T22:15:00.000+07:002009-05-01T22:15:00.000+07:00I have always wondered how Lampu Merah journalists...I have always wondered how Lampu Merah journalists write their articles in the first place? Because I know one who is relatively "quiet" and wearing jilbab. I didn't ask her if she also wrote the sex-related articles though - just didn't have the heart to do so :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com