Breakfast Network - Kitchen Closed
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Socio-political website Breakfast Network to shut down
SINGAPORE — The socio-political commentary website Breakfast Network (BN) announced yesterday that it has decided to shut down.
In a post on the site last night, Editor Bertha Henson said it was a “tough” decision to make, but that the site owners needed to “take a breather and re-organise”.
“We are moving back to blogging and putting our stuff on BN Facebook. So you can still find us online, but not as a full-fledged website,” she said.
Last month, after the site owners were notified by the Media Development (MDA) that they would be required to register the site under the Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification, Ms Henson had written about the difficulties they would encounter.
As part of the registration, they cannot receive foreign funding for the website’s provision, management and/or operation.
“We could declare that all revenue came through bona fide commercial transactions, but we would probably need to produce some kind of proof if queried.
“Does that make it (registration) a kind of compliance checklist to ensure we have done due diligence? BN is not even steady on its feet to start thinking about putting in such administrative structures,” she wrote in last night’s post.
Ms Henson also pointed out that lawyers and businesspeople who have seen the registration forms have described them as “onerous”.
The shutdown, however, is temporary.
“We have decided to suspend operations until we have re-strategised or at least till the amendments to the Broadcasting Act are unveiled,” said Ms Henson.
For now, she said the website will go back to its original mission of pro bono writing.
“We think that every citizen should take an interest in what’s happening in their own country.”
is this resisting or succumbing?
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Our poor govt is so worrisome nowadays to the extent they are feeling so threatened by the social media.
hahahhahah!
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They are putting in their best effort to shut down social media. Working so hard to do it. We don't see them working hard to serve us to provide better life.
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I never heard of this breakfast network thing until this news.
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when they had breadfast you were still sleeping.
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Originally posted by charlize:
I never heard of this breakfast network thing until this news.
me too...nvr heard of this site before till this blown up issue... close close la...what's the big issue? -
Originally posted by sgdiehard:
when they had breadfast you were still sleeping.
How you know?
Are you stalking me?
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i think BN just said fuck it.. i quit!
frankly, we're on that road.. way way down the road where no one believes anything the gabrament says anymore..
worse, everything the gabrament says is to be mistrusted and seen as lies and trying to supress the people (which doesn't seem that far off)
and that is a dangerous road to be on...
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Originally posted by charlize:
How you know?
Are you stalking me?
if you don't know then you must be asleep lah.
Stalk you? hahaha...for what?
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i thot it was some serve breakfast to poor people de network
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Originally posted by sgdiehard:
if you don't know then you must be asleep lah.
Stalk you? hahaha...for what?
Did Michael Myers or Jason have a reason to stalk?
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Originally posted by TehJarVu:
i thot it was some serve breakfast to poor people de network
You thought but who confirmed?
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Originally posted by charlize:
Did Michael Myers or Jason have a reason to stalk?
who are they?
I know many folks with dementia feel they were stalked when they walk, poisoned when they drink.
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just want to eat my breakfast peacefuly
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Originally posted by sgdiehard:
who are they?
I know many folks with dementia feel they were stalked when they walk, poisoned when they drink.
You don't know who they are?
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Google is your best friend.
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Originally posted by charlize:
You don't know who they are?
they stalked you, not me.
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I give up.
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Internet is not free.
Have to pay.
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