I am astounded…truly astounded, that this person can actually get away with saying something like this:
Mr Zainuddin [Maidin, Malaysian Information Minister] insisted that while the younger generation are tech-savvy, they tend to believe newspaper reports over comments made on the Internet, China Press reported.
He added that the Internet is used mainly to book budget airline tickets or to get entertainment news.
Seriously. When I listened to that clip on YouTube of that interview between him and Al-Jazeera, once it was over I was totally speechless at the end of it. Not because he explained his side of the story well, but because he totally made a fool of himself with his broken English and lack of understanding regarding the situation on the ground. He even contradicted himself in several parts of the interview. In the end, I do not know who was more embarrassed: the journalist conducting the interview with him or yours truly for having a moron like this as Information Minister.
And I still wonder what was the criteria that got him into the Cabinet in the first place, or even standing for a seat in Parliament.
MENJ is 28/m/BTHO. Pursuing a Masters programme at APIIT, he is currently a full-time ProBlogger and Web Directory Owner. He is also a Muslim Internet activist and student of Comparative Religion, dedicated to combating misinformation about Islam.