Sunday, 26 April 2020

‘Our correspondent’ on ‘Malaysia’s health czar under fire’: In an age of misinformation and half-truths, judging the authenticity of an online news publication has never been easy

‘News publication Asia Sentinel (AS) on Thursday (April 23) ran a contentious article on Health Ministry director-general (DG) Noor Hisham Abdullah under the headline “Malaysia’s health czar under fire” with a standfirst that read: “Critics charge mismanagement, authoritarian behaviour...’

This article questions the professionalism of the unnamed writer, pointing to doubts about his or her research, lack of first-hand sources and documents to support the story.

Read here (The Malaysianist, April 26, 2020)

Worst ever Covid variant? Omicron

John Campbell shares his findings on Omicron.  View here (Youtube, Nov 27, 2021)