When your opinion is contrary to a newspaper reporter’s angle on a story she’s doing, there’s a high chance your opinion won’t be seen in print:
Hi Mr Lee,
I’m doing an article on the influence of local bloggers and I just have a few questions.
Local bloggers like yourself, mrbrown and Wendy Cheng are treated like mini celebrities, in that your readers are loyal to you and are influenced by your opinions.
– do you think this is a purely local situation, because of Singapore’s size?
– could you tell me one or two instances in which you realised that you were able to influence people?
– do you ever get special treatment at events, eg VIP passes?I hope you can get back to me really quickly! Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it 🙂
-jennani
Regards,
Jennani Durai
The Straits Times (Digital Life)Hi Jennani,
Thanks for emailing.
Let me qualify your statement and question: No, I am not treated like a celebrity, mini or otherwise. But there are other bloggers who can be seen to be. Xiaxue, for instance.
– do you think this is a purely local situation, because of Singapore’s size?
No, there are bloggers in the US who are celebrities. Singapore’s size helps make it seem as if it is easy to bump into a familiar face.– could you tell me one or two instances in which you realised that you were able to influence people?
Yes, a few other bloggers started misspeowling words like I did. Other than that, my (very few) opinions count for naught.– do you ever get special treatment at events, eg VIP passes?
I once told a bouncer that I had 2000 visitors a day at my website, and he told me, ‘so do we, get back in line’. So, no.Let me know if you have other questions. Xiaxue and mrbrown are on the cc list. So, consider them asked as well.
Cheers,
Kwai Lan some more lah! Press cut you out totally den you know!
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