Unwarranted Censorship at TOC

The following text were taken from a TOC posting titled SM Goh's Misdirected Attack On The Press:

"Source confidentiality is not inaccuracy. It is one tool journalists use to
obtain information that may be of public interest ... Source confidentiality does not mean a complete lack of journalistic accountability ... Contrary to criticism, such journalism needs to be encouraged. ... Reporters should not be bullied into shying away from obtaining sensitive quotes like these, and forced to write rosy reports about the PAP. " - Remy Choo Zheng Xi

I couldn't agree more with Remy's point that sometimes, inforamtion from unnamed sources are the only means to get access to information that is so guarded. So I thought i would test just how far he believed in what he preached. My comment, or question, was simply how would he feel when the wayangparty does an expose on him with unnamed sources, can he claim it is inaccurate?

I brought this up because he has denied allegations before only to be flatly proven otherwise.

My moderated comment can be seen below. Notice how my first comment on how he would react to a report on him (hypothetically crafted by wayangparty by unnamed sources) was censored while a comment (unverified and unsubstantiated) on SM Goh was allowed to pass.

If hypothetical comments without any allegations are censored, who knows what other leaks are buried?

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