The Straits Times

The Straits Times is a Singaporean newspaper known for being one of the biggest newspapers in the country. The newspaper is owned by SPH (Singapore Press Holdings), which also owns Zaobaosg, The Business Times, The New Paper, Berita Harian Singapura and Tamil Murasu. The channel mainly uploads news reports, speeches, and interviews.
==Content==
The company created the YouTube channel on the 30th of September, 2011. Since then, as of the 2nd of November, 2021, the channel has uploaded over 23,000 videos, including news reports, interviews, and government speeches.
==Controversy==
====Government Influence====
The Straits Times has been criticised for reporting things typically in favour of the Singaporean government, and as a result it has often been called the ‘Government’s mouthpiece’, due to the government’s heavy influence over the newspaper. In a leaked message, it was revealed that editors for The Straits Times had to adhere to the government’s guidelines. It was revealed that many chairpersons of Singapore Press Holdings, the company that owns The Straits Times, were former members of the PAP(People’s Action Party), the current ruling party in the country. This has also applied to several managers and senior editors.
==Trivia==
*Polling results showed that 73% of Singaporeans trusted The Straits Times, second only to Channel News Asia.
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