Eric Loo

We get the media we deserve

We get the media we deserve

COMMENT | Readers and journalists need to work together to uncover the whole truth.

It matters who owns the media

It matters who owns the media

COMMENT | The elites still have power to influence how certain issues are reported and framed.

Questions that a media council must clarify

Questions that a media council must clarify

COMMENT | 'Will an M'sian media council have the power and independence to foster good journalism practices?' 

Can every citizen be a reporter?

Can every citizen be a reporter?

COMMENT | Citizen-generated content can fill the gaps created by decades of politically correct reporting.

Fact-checked journalism must endure

Fact-checked journalism must endure

COMMENT | ‘Only then can the mainstream media reclaim public trust and credibility lost during BN’s era.’

When good news trumps bad, momentarily

When good news trumps bad, momentarily

COMMENT | A Thai football team’s rescue serves as a reminder to the media to report the good.

Why some people hate the media

Why some people hate the media

COMMENT | Journalists should keep on asking the tough questions that cut through the political spin.

Tribute to a journalist killed for his work

Tribute to a journalist killed for his work

COMMENT | The journalist’s moral duty is to do the right thing and tenaciously investigate matters of public interest.

Mainstream media culture must change from within newsroom

Mainstream media culture must change from within newsroom

COMMENT | Veteran editors and journalists must lead in setting higher standards for M’sian journalism.

What now, after the regime change?

What now, after the regime change?

COMMENT | I hope there’s no shuffling of new cards on the past polarised politics of race and religious intolerance.

Unpredictability in an uncertain election

Unpredictability in an uncertain election

COMMENT | Like impulsive consumers in the marketplace, voters are motivated by emotions, habits and learned biases.

Should you have tweeted?

Should you have tweeted?

COMMENT | Consider these FACTS if you plan to send out a message – before you start regretting!

How to read the news, and get it right

How to read the news, and get it right

COMMENT | Be your own truth seeker, by being more selective of what you read and view.

Cutting out the nonsense from social media

Cutting out the nonsense from social media

To do so, attend to your hidden assumptions, and recognise your own biases.

The false certainty of polarised thinking

The false certainty of polarised thinking

Black-and-white thinking leaves no room for ambiguity.

Language that cripples our thinking cripples our community

Language that cripples our thinking cripples our community

Polarised political discourse originates from how language shapes the mind.

Retire early, live longer?

Retire early, live longer?

Life does go on after retirement - even if in different forms.

I am a bigot. Are you?

I am a bigot. Are you?

Biases and prejudices are learned from childhood.

To ‘heal, unite and hope’ in journalism

To ‘heal, unite and hope’ in journalism

An antidote to Trump’s divisive presidency.

More of the same on Nov 19?

More of the same on Nov 19?

Raising the stakes in demanding reforms?

Najib, you’re wrong about Trump

Najib, you’re wrong about Trump

Blind faith in Trump is indeed foolish.

Zahid’s English #MalaysiaBoleh lah

Zahid’s English #MalaysiaBoleh lah

Bilingual skills are a Malaysian strength.

Time for mocking our pollies

Time for mocking our pollies

Satirists may be our lost jesters now found.

Pro-gov’t media will leave the PM unscathed

Pro-gov’t media will leave the PM unscathed

They must get involved in uncovering wrongs.