Singapore’s Media Development Authority, which represents the institution that regulates and censors media and arts in this country, has scored an unexpected hit on Google’s popular video sharing web site YouTube with a rap video about the city-state’s media ambitions.
The YouTube posting has received until now more than 11,000 hits, as well as string of snide postings and comments.
The government body wants to promote the growth of the media industry from this county, to promote “core values” and to also safeguard consumer interests, according to its web site. Through this rap video Singapore’s government body hopes to showcase its potential to be a “vibrant media city”.
However, this comes somehow in contradiction with the country’s regular censorship of films and theatre, or with the many defamation lawsuits its government has launched against foreign media, and critics have emphasized on this.
In the rap video, middle-aged executives could be seen moving and shaking to a rap tune, mouthing lines from a corporate brochure.

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