This is a commentary to a report on The Star regarding Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s speech at the Asia Media Summit 2008.
There is no such thing as unlimited freedom and the media should not be abashed of “voluntary self-censorship” to respect cultural norms
In a globalized world where news travels in the blink of an idea and is accessible to all, cultural in-sensitivities and arrogance can lead cultures to clash and nations to collide
One example of such in-sensitivities and arrogance in a media publication which leads to a culture clash in the past would be the publications of a series of caricature depicting of Prophet Muhammad that leads to a global issue.
