As I write, on 29th February 2008, a week before polling day, I picked up a copy of the Star.

In the 38 pages before the business sections, among all the election stories and the pages and pages of lucrative advertisements, there were only three news reports about the opposition. Most of the headlines were very complimentary reports of BN leaders and their candidates. There was more of the same in the Metro and other sections.

Finally, on page 36, there was a column article on Lim Kit Siang and his son Lim Guan Eng. The columnist seems to make an effort at impartiality, but what can any Star columnist do but pour cold water on the opposition.