The speed at which news spread these days is astounding, supported by the rapid developments in new media. News, especially scandals, spread faster than it had in the past. Take for example the Jack Neo scandal. Within days, everyone is talking about it and commenting about it in more ways than one. Each day, a new allegation springs up and is reported through various different mediums with the news spreading through the Internet at the fastest rate.
Besides the common knowledge among the people, we as outsiders are also able to comment on the issue and voice our views through the exact same medium used to convey the news. And this is exactly what I am doing right now. New media gives the sense that we too, are heavily involved to the extent that Jack Neo himself feels obliged to apologise to the public. I would like to ask this question : What has his scandals got to do with us?
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