Example of Irresponsible Blogging: Mahasiswakini.

It's ironic that right after I wrote about responsible blogging, an illustration conveniently dropped onto my lap the very next day.

I'm not going to waste precious time by pasting the entire report here. I'm just going to highlight several discrepancies that constitute defamation in just so many ways:

• 1. "Naib Canselor Universiti Malaya (UM), Prof. Dr. Ghauth Jasmon di 'boo' semalam oleh kira-kira 200 orang mahasiswa."
• We did not 'boo' the VC. The loudest sound we made was "whoo!". The above statement suggests an uproarish riot to the reader who was not present at the dialogue. This is an outright misrepresentation. Compare with #3.1 here.
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• 2. "Ghauth juga mempertahankan tindakan beliau tersebut dengan membandingkan universiti berkenaan dengan universiti antarabangsa."
• "UM is already quite lenient, because in the University of Berkeley (California) they're not allowed to bring in their cars at all." It was not a defence of the policy. It was an additional comment. This statement makes the VC looks outright dumb because if it were truly a defence, it would be the lousiest defence of anything on the face of the planet.
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• 3. "Beliau juga menolak untuk membandingkan universiti berkenaan dengan prestasi dan kemudahan universiti tempatan dengan alasan tidak mencapai standard."
• Compare with #4.1, No. 2, here.
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• 4. "Beberapa mahasiswa luar negara juga kelihatan tidak puas hati dengan penerangan yang diberikan oleh beliau."
• Compare with #11, here. Only ONE international student stood up to speak. Everyone ELSE was frowning that night. There is no need to mention international students. The intention to infer deep resentment of every undergraduate towards the administration is all too clear.
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• 5. "Sebelum sempat pelbagai soalan dijawab, beliau meminta soalan ditutup dengan alasan 'mahasiswa emosional'."
• Compare with #11.1, here. I never heard the word 'emotional', nor was that ever a basis for ending the dialogue. In fact, the white-haired dude said anyone could come continue the debate in his office at any time.
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• 6. "Sekumpulan mahasiswa dipercayai dari Fakulti Undang-Undang bertindak keluar dari dewan tanda protes kepada arahan menutup peluang bertanyakan soalan berkenaan."
• Somewhere in the middle of the dialogue, an officer asked law students to raise their hands. The entire hall was witness to the fact that the bulk of us was seated at the LEFT wing of the hall. The students who left prematurely were at the RIGHT wing of the hall, towards the back. Plus in the picture below, you see law students, don't you? We hung around long enough to finish the refreshments provided!

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• 7. "'Dialog begini tak akan membawa apa-apa penyelesaian kalau NC perangai sombong begitu," ujar seorang mahasiswa fakulti Undang-Undang."

• This phrase was placed beside this photo of Korina. In fact, most of the photos in the report were the angriest-looking side of the students, whereas a number of the students who spoke, especially Korina, were smiling when speaking. And Korina did not make that statement.
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• 8. "Naib Canselor tersebut cuba dihubungi tetapi dimaklumkan tidak datang bertugas. Di dakwa beliau tertekan akibat protes mahasiswa semalam."
• What kind of stupid comment is this? -_-

I said I didn't want to paste the entire report here right? But it looks long because almost the entire report was inaccurate. The latest update from Mahasiswakini reads: "Dialog isu kereta: Law Soc' sangkal laporan UMtoday, M'kini". They reported on the kerplunking of their false report by Kean Kang and Han Koon, and even added a picture of Kean Kang which they took from his Facebook profile. -_-

What - did they search for "Koh Kean Kang" on Facebook? -_-!

Nowhere in the update did they acknowledge the errors in their previous report, nor did they affirm the Faculty's rebuttal.

I tell you ah. Some people ah.

While studying Defamation, I wondered how - with all the knowledge of law available on the net, especially defamation - people could be so stupid to still commit the tort of defamation.

Now I witness a first-hand account of such a thing. And I am amazed, perplexed, and astounded.

This brings the s******y level up 3 notches. I'm not going to report on what level it is. Go count yourself.