Corrections

Dear Asohan (editor of InTech),

Its been suggested to me by some of my readers through comments on my website and also through email that my posting was unfair in its criticisms towards InTech. The posting is question is:

http://www.aizuddindanian.com/voi/archives/000602.html

Over the last few days, i've been giving it a lot of thought and concluded that some of my assumptions were wrong. For these errors, i apologize:

* It was presumptious of me (or anyone else for that matter) to suggest to InTech how they should run their stories. When i made mention of how some of Najah's ideas were not reported upon, it was incorrect of me to suggest that they should have been included.
* During the interview with L.C. Wong i repeated some of Najah's ideas - L.C. was absolutely correct to report it as she heard it. It is not within her responsibility to track back on whose idea it was or wasn't. In all fairness to her, she was faithful to the things that were mentioned during the interview.

There are also a few published comments on my blog that may have been inaccurate and hurtful, as they were drawn from the posting i made. While i do not have absolute control over what my readers say, i think i do have some responsibility over what they read, hence i understand i have an influence on what they think. For giving them the wrong idea, i also offer my apologies. I think that's what it means to be a journalist (though i'm not one, i think there are publishing principles are universal): to have a sense of responsibility in reporting and writing. While writing can be done in isolation, its an important lesson i've learned that their effects rarely are.

InTech has been particularly supportive of the blogging phenomenon in the past, and i'm sure that many of the newer generation of bloggers have begun writing because of your team's efforts. In that sense, i think we share the same goals - my objective is to get as many Malaysians as possible to contribute to the online knowledge pool through the written word. Please keep up the fantastic work; i will do my best to do what i can on my end with Project Petaling Street and the rest.

Thank you for your kind patience and understanding. I look forward to a time in the future where our paths will meet in the offline world.