A government spokesman said the Economist’s bureau chief had crossed the line by endorsing a local digital magazine, and saying the local media ‘captive’.
Dominic Ziegler, Singapore bureau chief of the Economist weekly, endorsed an alternative local magazine and described Singapore media as “captive”.
The Singapore communications ministry said Dominic Ziegler had crossed the line by comparing Singapore to an illiberal state and urging Singaporeans to embrace an alternative vision, instead of what was being offered by the state and what he called a captive media. The ministry said in a statement today that it had also expressed its “clear expectation” to Ziegler that he not do so again.
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