January 06, 2007

On Meeting George Yeo

Gayle Goh said:

Perhaps it would be more fair to those involved if we did not turn down opportunities to say these things straight to those we judge so easily in the comfort of our homes.

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "Some interesting commentary about the BlogTV show with George Yeo, and it also puts the question to Mr Wang about his refusal to appear on BlogTV."

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Trackback from Mr Wang: "My comment wasn't allowed to appear on the P65 blog.":

So I left a comment, saying "This is what I think" and posting two links to two old posts on my blog: to this and this... My comment wasn't allowed to appear on the P65 blog....

Trackback from Michael Palmer's response (in comments section of Mr Wang's blog):

When I saw your comment containing links, I must have assumed that it was another spam advertisement.

I invite you to repost your comment with links or with the text in full. I will post it. Once again, my apologies....

Trackback from Rambling Librarian: Yet another missed opportunity to be on BlogTV.SG :

Rambling Librarian gives an entire different set of reasons why he did not turn up...

Trackback from George Yeo: BlogTV Experience:

From George Yeo's perspective...

Trackback from Singapore Angle Perspectives: A Teaser to "Big Boys Blogging":

But this much I will say: there was a somewhat surprising comment from George Yeo during the BlogTV.SG interview and I am pretty curious to see whether it will be aired in the final version....

Trackback from "Big Boys Blogging" at Brewerkz:

To be honest, I think that the discussion before and after the actual event was actually more interesting than during the discussion because of the camera and lights. ...

Trackback from Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You:

two issues here: one, talking about the blogosphere in the mainstream media (MSM), which has been cautiously disparaging of 'the new media' at best ... And two, the opportunity of having a face-to-face conversation with a Cabinet minister....

Trackback from Kway Teow Man: On Happiness, Expectations and Freedom of Expression:

Moral of the story: if people want to give up their right to speak, then please dun complain got no chance to talk. :-P...

Trackback from Think Happiness: Employers & Blogs:

A public servant recently wrote about how he chose not to be featured on television with another higher ranking servant of the people. One reason he cited was the absence of guidelines by his own employer on blogging. ...

Trackback from e pur si muove:

This must be why Gayle doesn’t get it: she doesn’t realize that she and Mr Wang are thinking at cross-purposes here....

Trackback from e pur si muove:

This must be why Gayle doesn’t get it: she doesn’t realize that she and Mr Wang are thinking at cross-purposes here....