Talk:Sinar Harian

'Relatively balanced reporting...'
apparently includes up-front promotion of homophobia. According to The Guardian, in Feb 2018 the newspaper published a list of pointers for identifying potential gay and lesbian people, drawing anger from activists who said lives were being put at risk. The article in Sinar Harian featured bullet points of supposedly distinctive qualities that revealed LGBT people.

This is not the usual meaning of 'presenting all sides' in a 'balanced' way.

Furthermore, the Guardian continues: The derogatory attitude towards LGBT people in the media is also symptomatic of the increasing influence of conservative Islam in mainstream politics and culture in Malaysia. The Sinar Harian article was accompanied by an interview with Hanafiah Malik, a preacher who warned homosexuality was on the increase in Malaysia and said there was an urgent need to stop the trend. 'Stopping the trend'? Towards reality, perhaps. Presumably in the interests of 'balance' the newspaper will see fit to publish a response by the LGBT community in Malaysia. Twang (talk) 01:31, 13 February 2018 (UTC)