Dear KI-Media Readers,
We are pleased to post below some of the irate comments by our readers along with clarifications provided by our team members.
The first message is a reply to a comment we posted about possible "warning/threat" issued on Cambodian bloggers' involvement in politics. The second message is a criticism of KI-Media in general
Thank you,
KI-Media team
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KI, stop being playing dumb. You like to take things out of context, don't you? That so called warning could just be a statement in general for politics around the world. Look at how many people get killed in Columbia with the Cartel and in Italy with the Mafia. You are the king manipulating, ain't you? For all the truth is, that guy's comment is a general statement of how dangerous politics can become.
Now show us the whole commend that guy made and it'll probably take away this sadistic nature of the out of context manipulating you're trying to pull here. I usually support and encourage critics but when critics become a manipulating cynics, I'll damn you to hell. KI is very good at playing the drama queen. Now take off that make up and wipe off that lipstick[s], and take the dress off, ladies at KI.
It’s rather strange that you should ask where the comment was made when we clearly provided the link to the article and the comment attached to that article. Again, to be more specific, here is the link to the article and the comment. By the way, that was the entire comment left by that anonymous reader.
Is politics dangerous? Of course, it is, as you rightly mentioned it, if you deal with the lawless Mafia or the illegal drug cartel, people can get killed, if you deal with a military junta or a communist regime, they will physically gag your mouth to prevent you from talking, or they will entirely ban you from talking in an international meeting. If you deal with a dictatorial regime, they will send their henchmen to shoot you in the street, like Cambodian journalists in the street of Phnom Penh. However, if you live a democracy, unlike those regimes cited above, people with different political background are allowed to speak up their mind and bring in a fresh bold look. People do not receive warning, cursing (such as lightning strike at noon time) or threats just for voicing their opinion.
As for your request to the ladies at KI (we hope you meant those who are part of KI-Media team) to “wipe off that lipstick,” we are glad to inform you that none of us could afford to buy lipstick yet, as its price is out of reach for students like us who live on packaged noodle and rice sent over from the countryside by our parents to supplement our meager diet. Regarding taking our "dress off," we regret to inform you that public nudity is not allowed yet in Cambodia, and we don't foresee its authorization in the near future either, at least as long as Lok Chumteav Thom Bun Rany is maintaining her iron grip on the moral code in Cambodia. With your request, Sir/Madam, are we to take it that you are one of the opposition to Lok Chumteav Thom Bun Rany?
Sincerely,
Socheata
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Looks like someone is actually more pissed off than your so called Hun Sen supporters. You don't have to be Hun Sen people to see that KI is a manipulating machine. I live in the US and have no political affiliation but I learn media study and criticism and KI is a text book example of what an unethical political machine is.
KI tries to look like an independent neutral source so its credibility is perceived more than if it represents itself as a one-sided site, which it is? essentially, this site's principle is broken by the people that run it at the core. Look at the upper left side, they preach all these virtuous ethical civilized way of commenting but they don't practice what they preach. It is kinda hard to get people to listen to you when you say one thing and do another. KI is known to be critics of the Hun Sen's government but I thought the site says it brings "sensitive news from Cambodia" so where is the scoops on other political parties like Sam Rainsy? Is Sam Rainsy that godly that he is perfect and has no bad things about him. Or is KI a Sam Rainsy sympathizer that turns blind eyes on its puppet master? KI is in so many ways essentially what they criticize Hun Sen's government for. It is no surprise really since it takes a hypocritical cynical bunch of people to do what the guys at KI do.
This comes from a guy that learns media study and criticism in college not Hun Sen's supporter like that guy above me can think about. I repeat once again. It doesn't take a Hun Sen's supporter to see that this site is nothing more than another politically agenda-based site. Just be a real independent person and knows a thing or two about unethical behaviors in journalism, you see that KI is one.
We are really glad to hear criticisms from someone who “learns media study and criticism in college” “who lives in the US,” and we readily admit that we are far from being perfect, after all, we are human beings and sometimes we do fail, just like anybody else.
As for us being an “unethical political machine,” we are afraid that you give us more credit than we actually earn. For one thing, this “political machine,” as you so generously labeled us, runs on a free blogging system because none of us could even afford to register our own website name, let alone pay a monthly fee to provide free service without receiving any financial contribution in return.
Is KI-Media (not KI which stands for Khmer Intelligence) a Sam Rainsy sympathizer? There is no question that we sympathize with human rights and democracy champions, regardless of whether those persons are named Sam Rainsy, Kem Sokha, Ung Bun Heang, Lao Mong Hay, Chhay Chanda, Khmer Young, Khmerization, Licadho, Pung Chiv Kek, Srey Sra’em, Sam Vichea, Chan Vichet, Chea Mony, Rong Chhun, Chak Sopheap etc… or not. In so doing, some of the titles of the articles we posted on KI-Media bear some of our sarcastic remarks or more precisely our exasperations which can be perceived as “critics of the Hun Sen’ government.” Nevertheless, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that 99.9% (or close enough to this number) of the postings are actual information provided by local and international media, including those affiliated with Mr. Hun Sen’s CPP ruling party. Does this mean that the majority of the local and international media, including mouthpieces of the CPP ruling party, are highly critical of Mr. Hun Sen’s government? According to your observation, Sir/Madam, it does sound like it, does it not?
Nonetheless, Sir/Madam, we warmly welcome your comments because we are certain that our readers have a mean to openly voice their dissenting opinions, unlike viewers of Cambodian-controlled media who can only have access to one-sided information, as this astute anonymous reader observed:
Luc Sâr
We are pleased to post below some of the irate comments by our readers along with clarifications provided by our team members.
The first message is a reply to a comment we posted about possible "warning/threat" issued on Cambodian bloggers' involvement in politics. The second message is a criticism of KI-Media in general
Thank you,
KI-Media team
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Irate Message No. 1
KI, stop being playing dumb. You like to take things out of context, don't you? That so called warning could just be a statement in general for politics around the world. Look at how many people get killed in Columbia with the Cartel and in Italy with the Mafia. You are the king manipulating, ain't you? For all the truth is, that guy's comment is a general statement of how dangerous politics can become.
Now show us the whole commend that guy made and it'll probably take away this sadistic nature of the out of context manipulating you're trying to pull here. I usually support and encourage critics but when critics become a manipulating cynics, I'll damn you to hell. KI is very good at playing the drama queen. Now take off that make up and wipe off that lipstick[s], and take the dress off, ladies at KI.
o O o
Dear Sir/Madam,It’s rather strange that you should ask where the comment was made when we clearly provided the link to the article and the comment attached to that article. Again, to be more specific, here is the link to the article and the comment. By the way, that was the entire comment left by that anonymous reader.
Is politics dangerous? Of course, it is, as you rightly mentioned it, if you deal with the lawless Mafia or the illegal drug cartel, people can get killed, if you deal with a military junta or a communist regime, they will physically gag your mouth to prevent you from talking, or they will entirely ban you from talking in an international meeting. If you deal with a dictatorial regime, they will send their henchmen to shoot you in the street, like Cambodian journalists in the street of Phnom Penh. However, if you live a democracy, unlike those regimes cited above, people with different political background are allowed to speak up their mind and bring in a fresh bold look. People do not receive warning, cursing (such as lightning strike at noon time) or threats just for voicing their opinion.
As for your request to the ladies at KI (we hope you meant those who are part of KI-Media team) to “wipe off that lipstick,” we are glad to inform you that none of us could afford to buy lipstick yet, as its price is out of reach for students like us who live on packaged noodle and rice sent over from the countryside by our parents to supplement our meager diet. Regarding taking our "dress off," we regret to inform you that public nudity is not allowed yet in Cambodia, and we don't foresee its authorization in the near future either, at least as long as Lok Chumteav Thom Bun Rany is maintaining her iron grip on the moral code in Cambodia. With your request, Sir/Madam, are we to take it that you are one of the opposition to Lok Chumteav Thom Bun Rany?
Sincerely,
Socheata
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Irate Message No. 2
Looks like someone is actually more pissed off than your so called Hun Sen supporters. You don't have to be Hun Sen people to see that KI is a manipulating machine. I live in the US and have no political affiliation but I learn media study and criticism and KI is a text book example of what an unethical political machine is.
KI tries to look like an independent neutral source so its credibility is perceived more than if it represents itself as a one-sided site, which it is? essentially, this site's principle is broken by the people that run it at the core. Look at the upper left side, they preach all these virtuous ethical civilized way of commenting but they don't practice what they preach. It is kinda hard to get people to listen to you when you say one thing and do another. KI is known to be critics of the Hun Sen's government but I thought the site says it brings "sensitive news from Cambodia" so where is the scoops on other political parties like Sam Rainsy? Is Sam Rainsy that godly that he is perfect and has no bad things about him. Or is KI a Sam Rainsy sympathizer that turns blind eyes on its puppet master? KI is in so many ways essentially what they criticize Hun Sen's government for. It is no surprise really since it takes a hypocritical cynical bunch of people to do what the guys at KI do.
This comes from a guy that learns media study and criticism in college not Hun Sen's supporter like that guy above me can think about. I repeat once again. It doesn't take a Hun Sen's supporter to see that this site is nothing more than another politically agenda-based site. Just be a real independent person and knows a thing or two about unethical behaviors in journalism, you see that KI is one.
o O o
Dear Sir/Madam,We are really glad to hear criticisms from someone who “learns media study and criticism in college” “who lives in the US,” and we readily admit that we are far from being perfect, after all, we are human beings and sometimes we do fail, just like anybody else.
As for us being an “unethical political machine,” we are afraid that you give us more credit than we actually earn. For one thing, this “political machine,” as you so generously labeled us, runs on a free blogging system because none of us could even afford to register our own website name, let alone pay a monthly fee to provide free service without receiving any financial contribution in return.
Is KI-Media (not KI which stands for Khmer Intelligence) a Sam Rainsy sympathizer? There is no question that we sympathize with human rights and democracy champions, regardless of whether those persons are named Sam Rainsy, Kem Sokha, Ung Bun Heang, Lao Mong Hay, Chhay Chanda, Khmer Young, Khmerization, Licadho, Pung Chiv Kek, Srey Sra’em, Sam Vichea, Chan Vichet, Chea Mony, Rong Chhun, Chak Sopheap etc… or not. In so doing, some of the titles of the articles we posted on KI-Media bear some of our sarcastic remarks or more precisely our exasperations which can be perceived as “critics of the Hun Sen’ government.” Nevertheless, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that 99.9% (or close enough to this number) of the postings are actual information provided by local and international media, including those affiliated with Mr. Hun Sen’s CPP ruling party. Does this mean that the majority of the local and international media, including mouthpieces of the CPP ruling party, are highly critical of Mr. Hun Sen’s government? According to your observation, Sir/Madam, it does sound like it, does it not?
Nonetheless, Sir/Madam, we warmly welcome your comments because we are certain that our readers have a mean to openly voice their dissenting opinions, unlike viewers of Cambodian-controlled media who can only have access to one-sided information, as this astute anonymous reader observed:
“If y[ou] have watched CTN or TVK, y[ou] are barely hearing anything about the opposition parties, but when y[ou] hear, [it’s] only the bad thing about them, especially Sam Rainsy is the most troublemaker.Sincerely,
Psychologically and poliSickally speaking, only the Mighty CPP and Samdech Doctoral Hun SenVarman are patriotically helping the poor, miserable, defendless Khmers. [Is] that true?”
Luc Sâr
19 comments:
agree that sometimes, people do take things out of context. i guess all human being do that. that's why it is helpful to be selective with who you are affiliate with. watch out for the bad ones! god bless.
maKE LAW AS SUPPERIOR OVER PEOPLE, DUDE!
I support KI 100%
From Khmer USA
Hahaha, LOL, KI sympathizer with Human Right and Democracy champion, hahaha, LMAO. The truth of the matter is KI sympathizes with convict, prisoner, and troublemaker Human Right and Democracy instead of the majority Human Rights and Democracy. There is a big distinct difference here. We (Khmer) will not allowed any minority to assault and rape our rights. In our democracy society, the majority rules, not minority.
We (Khmer), 9:50 AM? You are a Viet leech, a pretender, a con-artist and you represent nobody but your-freaking-self.
Your freaking ass is mine and you know who I am...
We support KI-Media 100%
Allthose people that attack KI-Media are the Hun Sen's dogs.
Shut up your mouth and go to lick Hun Sen CaCa more.
I support KI for its free news coverage but not for its bias political agenda..
10:33 AM
You are example of the age old disease that runs down Khmer society and keeps Khmer from moving into a more progressive society. Your ignorant false perception of Vietnamizing other Khmer. You are what we need to get rid of. Since ancient time, KHmer used that old technique of labeling other Khmer Young or Siam so they can attack them for not being Khmer.
You are one of those stupid idiot that fantasizes about pure Khmer Angkor. Wake the fuck up. There is no real Khmer Angkor. The way some Khmer kids are brought up to believe in all these mythology and sometimes false legendary about Khmer this and that creates a very damaging effect as many Khmer kids believe in it and be out of touch with the real history.
I used to believe in True Khmer this and that but I come to realize that maybe majority of the stories I was told as a kid doesn't have much root in reality but a myth or legend.
Khmer like to think so highly of the past and forget about the present. Let me ask you. How many times have you talked so great of how great Khmer was back at this time or that time? Now let me ask. How many times have you thought about creating the present day Khmer maybe better than that imaginative Utopia that never actually existed.
For example, Khmer complain about how bad Cambodia is today and fantasize how great it was in the 60's or in Angkor time. Have you actually thought of what was actually happening back then to be so ignorant of the past and in effect of the present?
In the 60's, you see great images shot by the royal family. You never see poor people. Well, you see poor people like farmers but they all smile when they see Sihanouk and no one has a sad face. But, that's what you see on the footage. What about you don't see on footage? Did you live back then to verify that it was all rainbows and sunshine? From what I heard, there were many poor peasants in the so called golden age of 60's. You don't see them suffering because why would Sihanouk shoot a film about poor dirty farmers? All of his films we see is about himself and all this fancy high class people.
What about Angkor? Do you understand how the concept of god king? Site like KI wouldn't exist not because the internet wasn't invented back then but because godking has absolute rule and power over his subjects. Do you understand the concept of 7 generation of execution back and front?
Maybe you should actually research how power and politics work in those times that you like to compare to today's Cambodia before falsely elevating something that you yourself wouldn't find much pleasure to live in.
Those who opposes KI-Media means they want to shut the mouth of Cambodian people. Do they think state-run National Radion of Cambodia, TVK or Apsara TV allow ordinary Cambodian to speak freely on the media? It is ironic that some readers of KI-media claimed that they are Khmer living in the US, but their attitude toward free media is like the one of KGB or the communist party of the Siviet Unions. These guys are the hipocrite.
hello old fart 10:54 AM,
What a gibberish! Go back to school and re-learn English, okay? And your ass is still mine...Every concept there is all yours not mine, don't include me in your "We (Khmer)" there, you old fart freaking Viet leech?
Hmmm...looks like 10:33 AM got the Ph.D Tuk Tuk driver from Hanoi ticked off eh? ROFL!
10:54AM
I understand your anxiety. Your point of view is not out of date, but your trend is falling into a trap of other. Your own opinion cannot be right for others.
For instance, myself, I don't see of what you have blamed. I do agree that to dwell in such past and opinion bring nothing to us. But I cannot blame that, why?
Because Cambodian society is enough to blame one side without elaborate another side. Foreigner has planned to direct Cambodia in that way. Once, they created the terror of KR...once they came to secure us from that terror KR...now you are very happy with this present security?
Please, reflect your brain and your heart to see that your opinion is not biased, and it is not stupidly falling into Khmer's enemy.
KY
Pheasa kone ot pouch ambo, khmea me khmean Ba khmean achar prean prodao.
Barn s'dec samnol trasak pha'om reous yok tov chenh chem thom thort, bangrean oy th'voeu chang vang KANTHOR ACH reach vaing, taer nov tear min chol chakreouk YOKONG< VOYOU< BAT PH'SA, Gangs.
I read this KI because there are a bunch of stupid mokeys considate opposition for me. I am really grateful for you guys. But in my heart, you are still monkeys.
No, you got it backward ah potato digger (2:01). How can we be a monkey when you people live in the US or EU were there is no virgin older than 13 years old, huh?
2:01PM.
You meant 'considerate'?
I don't believe you. Reading KI because there are a bunch of stupid monkeys? You must be joking.
To me reading KI is to see how many people are smarter in history or in politics or in fucking. or spying. And you are one in my black list, dude, the dumbest below the dumbest.
One thing I don't like about "KI' is that they don't let the reader make decisions. What the fucking highlight red mark all over the articles for? I don't believe Ms Socheata cannot buy lipsticks. She put lipsticks all over he articles and what does it say?
But I don't care KI is pro-Rainsy. So WHAT? I am pro Rush Limbaugh, does it make any difference?
Busllshit no. Fuck off you son of the gun whoever you are.
ah jumkourt 2;40PM. shut da fuck.
Whomever posted against KI is dumb and stupid. Better,yet. Human right abuser.
Dear KI reader,
I dont care that much about whatever K-I do. But to be fair, everyone coming here need to keep in mind that any news posted at K-I are sensitive about current situation in Cambodia, so most of them will be about the unfaire, unjustice, ....bad image of what the current government do in Cambodia. What K-I have been doing up to now is just to collect the news not edit the news, so k-i is not the cause of whatever the problem, but if you are talking about the comments post by reader which, yes we can see clearly inflict the hatred against each other, are the commentor' responsibilities since there is no moderation at K-I and usually anonymous commenter.
Myself have problems with those anonymous commenter, but everyone have right to comment "decent or indecent, all are counted" , so just an advice dont read those anonymous comment if its bother you. And read only those with ID like KHMER YOUNG...etc.
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