Page 36, 1 December 2010 edition You see the amount of vandalism on this piece of paper? Those aren’t just grammar mistakes. It’s fine, you know, at least it was communicated. But this one article really represents the problem that I see with the whole Borneo Bulletin. A lot of the information are wrong. This is my particular beef with Borneo Bulletin. The journalism is slightly lackluster and I know that the journalists work hard, but why can’t you just cover relevant news as oppose to covering news about a new restaurant opening or a school visit to the prison? That way, you’d have more time to get your writing right. I know your money depend on the amount of article you write, but isn’t it also important to have facts that are correct to inform the public. Your job isn’t to mislead, your job is to enhance the credibility of news. Interviewing one person isn’t credible. If and when a majority of the public knows you’re wrong, then you’re not doing your job right. What disturbs me the most about the article above is the fact that by the end of it, there was no point to it. It didn’t linked to the title at all. The only thing I gathered from it is coffee shop talk discussion about how the author was pro-opposition. There was little to no mention of the Barisan Nasional which just makes the whole article redundant. Why, Mister Editor, you’re doing a swell job! Seriously, why waste a full page for something that is complete bull? You might as well add another page for comics. View high resolution

Page 36, 1 December 2010 edition

You see the amount of vandalism on this piece of paper? Those aren’t just grammar mistakes. It’s fine, you know, at least it was communicated. But this one article really represents the problem that I see with the whole Borneo Bulletin.

A lot of the information are wrong. This is my particular beef with Borneo Bulletin. The journalism is slightly lackluster and I know that the journalists work hard, but why can’t you just cover relevant news as oppose to covering news about a new restaurant opening or a school visit to the prison? That way, you’d have more time to get your writing right. I know your money depend on the amount of article you write, but isn’t it also important to have facts that are correct to inform the public. Your job isn’t to mislead, your job is to enhance the credibility of news. Interviewing one person isn’t credible. If and when a majority of the public knows you’re wrong, then you’re not doing your job right.

What disturbs me the most about the article above is the fact that by the end of it, there was no point to it. It didn’t linked to the title at all. The only thing I gathered from it is coffee shop talk discussion about how the author was pro-opposition. There was little to no mention of the Barisan Nasional which just makes the whole article redundant. Why, Mister Editor, you’re doing a swell job!

Seriously, why waste a full page for something that is complete bull? You might as well add another page for comics.

Hey, Bulletin, can your journalists not use the term “oomph” as if there’s no way to describe “competitive advantage”?

Kthx!

HEADLINE: EARLY EXAM SITTING CAUSES CHAOS Borneo Bulletin, Page 1, 23 October 2010 edition Definitions CHAOS: A state of extreme confusion and disorder JOURNALISM: Not exaggerating things.

HEADLINE: EARLY EXAM SITTING CAUSES CHAOS
Borneo Bulletin, Page 1, 23 October 2010 edition

Definitions
CHAOS: A state of extreme confusion and disorder
JOURNALISM: Not exaggerating things.

HEADLINE: FAIRY TALE WEDDINGS FOR 9 COUPLESBorneo Bulletin, Page 12, 11 October 2010 edition. Fairy Tale? Really? It’s not a normal wedding right? Fairy tales exists? Golly Bee! All of my life’s perspectives have been changed! I am now quitting my job to search for unicorns! FAIRY TALES EXISTS. Isn’t this just exciting? View high resolution

HEADLINE: FAIRY TALE WEDDINGS FOR 9 COUPLES
Borneo Bulletin, Page 12, 11 October 2010 edition.

Fairy Tale? Really? It’s not a normal wedding right? Fairy tales exists? Golly Bee! All of my life’s perspectives have been changed! I am now quitting my job to search for unicorns! FAIRY TALES EXISTS. Isn’t this just exciting?

Stay classy, Bulletin, and stop wasting so much paper on ridiculous news. View high resolution

Stay classy, Bulletin, and stop wasting so much paper on ridiculous news.

How adorable! A cute girl with a lisp! (I personally don’t like to make fun of typos, but this really was an adorable typo.) SELAMAT HARI RAYA, EVERYONE!

How adorable! A cute girl with a lisp!

(I personally don’t like to make fun of typos, but this really was an adorable typo.)

SELAMAT HARI RAYA, EVERYONE!

EXCERPT: “SugarBun Gadong started its operations yesterday with a trendy, modern and stylish concept for fast food dining, targeting office workers and busy housewives”  Page 15, Borneo Bulletin, 29 July 2010 edition. Ladies! Why bother cooking! SUGAR BUN! For the busy and apparently very lazy housewives of Brunei!  View high resolution

EXCERPT: “SugarBun Gadong started its operations yesterday with a trendy, modern and stylish concept for fast food dining, targeting office workers and busy housewives”

 Page 15, Borneo Bulletin, 29 July 2010 edition.

Ladies! Why bother cooking! SUGAR BUN! For the busy and apparently very lazy housewives of Brunei! 

We’re so topical! It was recently reported (everywhere) that the population of cell phone users in Brunei will overtake the population! We thought this figure was strange because a great section of the population doesn’t use cellphones (babies and infants!) The figure became less strange when we concluded that a lot of adults have both DST and B-Mobile lines. It was no longer a mystery. View high resolution

We’re so topical!

It was recently reported (everywhere) that the population of cell phone users in Brunei will overtake the population! We thought this figure was strange because a great section of the population doesn’t use cellphones (babies and infants!) The figure became less strange when we concluded that a lot of adults have both DST and B-Mobile lines.

It was no longer a mystery.

Motoring Supplement, 30 August 2010

Nice to know where you stand when it comes to saving paper, Borneo Bulletin!

“No action taken yet on railings at accident site” (Page 7, Borneo Bulletin, dated 28 August 2010)

EXCERPT: “As we come to the final weeks of the holy month of Ramadhan, thoughts go out to our loved ones who have gone before us. It seems that Yunus bin Hj Abd Raham who was tragically killed while riding his bicycle along the roads of STKRJ Rimba not long ago is still fresh in the minds of Rimba residents.”

BB, we are disappointed that you wrote this article. It’s bad enough that you’re still covering this story a month after the incident, you realise you’re hurting the family by prying on them about this issue? Let them mourn; it’s unnecessary for you to invade their privacy and turning this into an issue that you need to follow up every month. Find other stories to implore like those potholes in Kiulap. If you can, ask your journalists to go inside the potholes to find the cause of the collapsed roads (seriously, is no one curious why they keep collapsing?) This family has been hurt enough.