Dancing in the night,
in that sexy tight,
but watch out for the knights,
because they’re uptight
According to Jeff Ooi and an email I got from my colleague, Hard Talk was supposed to be aired at 22:30 on the BBC. In that program, the Malaysian Foreign Minister was drilled through and through by an interviewer. Sounds fun, eh?
So, I waited diligently for it but only to find out it was a program called the Extra Time instead, talking about soccer instead of politics. Therefore, I wonder, did somebody change the programming?
The program, Extra Time, came up nearly 4 minutes late. Instead of being punctual, the TV was filled with advertisements. At one time, one ads was cut short to be replaced with another ads. All that made me suspicious.
But I did check the programming online just one and this was what I saw:
Hmm…
Oh, well, the clip is on the internet anyway.
The wind over the Malaysian blogosphere has it that Malaysia Today is being censored in one way or the other.
I however am unsure what is going on because I failed to access MT directly and by proxy at one time or the other. I must also admit that when I could access MT, it would be easier to access it through a proxy server.
In the end, it might be just a case of abnormal traffic and limited bandwidth. So, I think it is wise to sit out and observe how this episode will develop in the next few hours instead of jumping on gun shouting fire.
p/s — on the next morning, Saturday, at around 0700 hours, just before I am getting ready for a day hike, I am able to access MT just fine.
Maybe we all should stop taking that dose of sensationalism (sensationalism is okay, as long as it is true) for a little bit (by “that”, meaning, this). It could be that it was just TMNet offering bad service. It was Friday’s evening after all when traffic is likely to spike compared to weekday.
Masquerading speculation as truth is just not right.