Did The Online Citizen Plagiarise Temasek Review?

On 29 June, our friends at Temasek Review published a letter from a reader which the government-linked MSM refused to publish. [screenshot shown above]


One day later, The Online Citizen published the same letter. [see more screenshot evidence above]

TOC showed NO RECOGNITION that Temasek Review published the letter first.

Is TOC stooping so low as to plagiarise Temasek Review now? Can Andrew Loh please tell us? Can Ng E-Jay, who uploaded the article to TOC, please explain? Or was it an HONEST MISTAKE???

Update: TOC has comment moderation enabled. They censored our attempts to highlight this problem.

TOC wayang, SEX & why Temasek Review the Apprentice is now the Master

Less than 12 hours ago, Andrew Loh of The Online Citizen posted an update saying they were going on an "indefinite break". Co-incidentally, there is a banner asking for donations.

Money problems? Does this explain TOC's articles asking for donations of late? The hint of trouble was when TOC started doing lifestyle stories, including articles by a SEXologist on matters like vaginismus, vulvas and vaginas.[don't worry, these are safe for work]

Before you mistake me as being un-AWARE (the new old one, not the old new one), I can tell you that SEX is fine in the "fine" city of Singapore, unless you are doing it the wrong way according to the law. BTW, I always answer "Yes please" when filling up surveys.

For a political site like TOC, their deviation from previous behaviour suggests they needed eyeballs. And what better way to drive eyeballs than sex 'n' lifestyle.

Temasek Review on the other hand was smarter. They grabbed people by the eyeballs early on, and then moved into more serious political commentary. The Apprentice is now the Master.

So let's see what happens. Or is it all the inevitable progression of SEX, LIES and ROCK & ROLL!

TOC Flip Flop, Flop Flip

A very strange thing has happened at The Online Citizen over the past one week.

First, founding editor Andrew Loh was reported as having quit and would "no longer be involved with the operations of The Online Citizen".

But one week later, Andrew Loh is now writing articles in full force. And he is now "Editor-at-large", enjoying the same rank and status as Choo Zheng Xi.



What is happening? Why the flip-flop by TOC? It seems more and more like TOC is going into the throes of internal political fighting.

Can you trust TOC when they flip-flop in the space of 7 days? At least Temasek Review only acts weird when they have a Denial of Service attack on them!

What is happening to the Singapore blogosphere? Can we trust anybody anymore?

TOC, give us a frank and full account of what happened!

Power Struggle in TOC? Transparency please!

Of late there have been many strange rumblings within The Online Citizen.

Leong Sze Hian became Acting Managing Editor.

Alfian Sa'at, who we understand was credited as scriptwriter for the National Day Parade 2009, is a Columnist.

And now Andrew Loh, TOC Founder and Chief Editor, has left TOC!

Our undercover reporters have hypothesized that there is infighting and jockeying for position within TOC. For whoever controls TOC will have a very powerful online broadcast platform to play with.

So was Andrew Loh the first victim of infighting within TOC?

And did our exposé of TOC play a role in the change? We may never know. But we call upon TOC to give a full and transparent explanation of the reasons for Andrew Loh's departure. TOC supporters past and present deserve the facts.

The importance of Deep Throat in Singapore

This is an article about something profound, which some people have difficulty swallowing. Some will spit it back in your faces. But we believe it is an important component of healthy free speech, of achieving the climax of human democracy. (No, this is not about Section 377.)

A couple of readers have asked us if it is possible to be credible without revealing our names.

The answer is YES.

Remember Watergate in the USA? It was reported by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of The Washington Post.

But the most important figure in Watergate did not reveal his name at the time. He was only known as DEEP THROAT.

Imagine what would have happened if the American people had written off Watergate only because DEEP THROAT did not reveal himself.

Ask yourself what the real agenda is, when people write off a commentator because of anonymity. To say the anonymous cannot be credible, is to say Watergate should not have succeeded. We might still be having a Nixon Regime in Washington today.

For Tomorrow - we have been Tomorrow'ed!

Tomorrow.sg was one of the first BIG aggregators in the Singapore blogosphere.

We are pleased to announce that our website has been picked up by Tomorrow.sg.

Truth be told, we approached a few bloggers about highlighting our website. Some turned us down because they did not want to be dragged into a debate involving a major blog. Sounds a lot like lawyers who don't want to represent you because they are afraid of taking on the big guns in town!

We are thankful for this coverage and have been inspired to bring you more insightful analysis and investigative reporting.

Coming Soon: A strategic analysis of Temasek Review.

Why has Temasek Review gone down again?

Temasek Review (formerly known as Wayang Party) is down again. Their website has been down for many hours now.

What is the basis for this? Could it be a massive distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack?

Those of us in the alternative media must beware of such cyberwarfare measures. You never know when somebody is going to try and take you down.

And it may not be the usual suspects who are responsible. Caveat freedom fightor!