When was propaganda classified as "for good" or "bad" ? Why is Mahathir so worried about propaganda, when it is being used and played by both side of the political spectrum for each personal or organizational benefit.
Is this Mahathir's way of buying cheap publicity when our dear PM DS Mohd Najib is away on a national duty? Your time is over and passed our generation. Go and do something good before your time is up. Take care of your good self.
Dr M warns youths against believing ‘propaganda’
The former prime minister said youths should be selective when acquiring knowledge, adding that the application of useful information would help them succeed.
“Today we have a huge flow of knowledge and information coming to us which could be harmful and confusing sometimes, and if we are not careful in selecting them, we can be influenced,” he was quoted as saying on Bernama Online today.
“Propaganda, for instance, is invented so that it can twist knowledge to obtain certain advantage and it is not always good.
“As such, people can make wrong decisions if they are not careful enough in choosing the right knowledge,” he added, in his speech at the Knowledge Management Forum held at Universiti Teknologi Mara here.
In a recent incident, a student, Muhammad Safwan Anang, was allegedly assaulted by the police during his participation in a peaceful demonstration by student activists at Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris (UPSI) in Tanjung Malim.
The demonstration was held following widespread controversy over the lowering of a banner bearing the likeness of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak by Adam Adli Abd Halim, a 21-year UPSI student, outside Umno’s headquarters here last month.
The police have denied assaulting the activists during the demonstration, saying there was “no scuffle” when arrests were made during their attempt to break the gathering.
But Safwan Anang, who was hospitalised after the student protest, has insisted otherwise.
The Universiti Malaya student was allegedly assaulted and lost consciousness in the 2.30am fracas which saw 17 students arrested.
Other students and opposition politicians have also claimed that several students involved in the demonstration for academic freedom were allegedly beaten up and arrested after refusing to heed a police order to disperse.
source : TMI
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