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Image Source: newnation.sg. The Straits Times, the media gatekeeper of the island state, censored out the F word and PAP from a photo to ensure Singaporeans and those living in the country read the right things . According to  Wikipedia , the justification given for censorship in Singapore is that  " The Government of Singapore argues that censorship of political, racial and religious issues to a certain extent is necessary to avoid upsetting the delicate balance of Singapore's multi-racial society." As such, readers of the Straits Times should be thankful for decision to censor out the F word and PAP from the photo so as to avoid upsetting the delicate balance of Singapore's muti-racial society. The original photo of the graffiti was spread over Facebook and Twitter, it would be extremely hard for the over 3.22 million and 2.56 million users respectively to not see uncensored version of the graffiti. That almost equates to half of the Singapor...

Pressrun.net found it amusing that a BBC interview with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was "censored". Wrote Pressrun.net , It’s amusing to see the Singapore newspapers have not run the complete BBC interview with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The broadsheet Straits Times and the freesheet Today have not published the last question asked in  the interview, which can be heard in a five-and-a-half-minute audio clip on the BBC World Service website. The interviewer said: “Finally, Prime Minister, I read that you are apparently the highest paid head of government in the world. Your salary is about four or five times what President Obama gets. Are you worth all that money?” PM Lee laughed and said: “I am not comparing myself and I don’t look at these rankings.We go on a system which is open, honest, transparent – what is the job worth, what is the quality of the person whom you want. We need the best people for the job and these are jobs where you make decisions which ar...