Public Relations as I think it should be
Update (Feb 1): Walhi's just declined to get into any discussions via e-mail. Here's what Rindurni, Walhi's officer for media and communication has to say: "I've read your blog and my oppinion is there's nothing we (Walhi) could discuss further about such topic you've thrown on your blog since you started it without critical question... Continue Reading →
The Jakarta Post is to be congratulated for, finally, coming up with its Weekender magazaine. Only that the Weekender is now a monthly and, if things go well, will be a forthnightly magazine. So a more apparoprate name would be The Second Weekender. So much for the name. What about the content? It is 68... Continue Reading →
Taking the piss takes on a new meaning in Queensland, reports the BBC.
The Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club held their AGM last Thursday and John, the columnist for JakartaJava Kini, continues to lead the club for the second year running. The Straits Times's Devi Asmarani got the most votes. Joe Cochrane continues in the crucial position of club secretary, where he can arrange many more freeflow events that... Continue Reading →
CNET's journalists are expected to answer every question that comes in through the blogs and reader comments, and get involved in every debate that has legs, reports The Guardian. "The more that you demonstrate your trust, the more users will input into the community," says Suzie Daniels, head of business media at CNET. "If you... Continue Reading →
It has almost been a month since Flight KI 574 went missing. Now we have news that the black box has possibly been located but that the Indonesian authorities may need the help of other countries with more advanced technology to retrieve it from the sea bed. Unpleasant as this matter is, it at least... Continue Reading →
Unspun was chuffed to be among the washed, great and good of Indonesia's business community at the launch of GlobeAsia at the National Museum last night. Why Unspun was invited in such exalted company when the height of his accomplishment was to cage a drink from the JFCC, first at Cinnabar and then at the... Continue Reading →
Unspun's sources say that the US navy ship may have found the black box and wreckage of Adam Air KI 574. The ship apparently detected heavy debris scattered over a wide area and are verifying to see if it is the wreckage from the missing aircraft. They have also detected pingers on the same frequency... Continue Reading →
It is good to see readers Oigal and Moshe speaking up against what they felt was injustice done to Rick Ness and other businesses by NGOs (see Pledoi and the Sheepish NGOs). Unspun has long felt that environmental NGOs such as Walhi (here we have to be careful as different provinces have different levels of... Continue Reading →
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that bloggers must blog responsibly and be subjected to the law, in short they can't have freedom without responsibility. Hurrah. The more important question that must be asked is what is the Prime Minister of a country commenting on a civil suit between a newspaper and two... Continue Reading →
The long, sad trial of Newmont's Richard Ness is finally winding up in the Manado court this week. He gets to read his pledoi, some Dutch legalese for the defence's summation. Rick and Newmont's goldmine was accused of polluting Buyat Bay with mercury to the extent that the residents there were suffering from Minimata Disease.... Continue Reading →
Achmad popped out of nowhere in one of Unspun's posts (Reading it like it is) proclaiming himself to be a an "emerging Indonesian writer, philosopher, social critic, historian, political commentator with the mandate to take on the tough issues; tell the truth." He was not beyond stretching the truth though as when he boasted about... Continue Reading →
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