Biased Journalists

Thursday January 21, 2010

Oral sex the main cause of STD, says specialist

Compiled by SARAH ABDULLAH, WINNIE YEOH and A. RAMAN

ORAL sex is the cause of most incidents of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the country.

China Press quoted specialist Datuk Dr Low Bin Tick as saying that many people believed they would not contract STD when indulging in this activity.

STD that could be transmitted via oral sex and kissing included AIDS, especially when there are wounds on the genitals, Dr Low said, adding that STD like cervicitis could lead to cervical cancer.

He said the number of people suffering from STD in the country was not known as the Government had never conducted research on it.

The report also quoted him as saying that there were fewer than 10 STD specialists in the country as the course was not promoted locally.

I was reading my online news as usual this morning when I came across this article. I find that this is another form of article that is so biased in so many ways as well as being discriminatory to certain group of people.

Yes, it is possible to get STD through Oral sex, but the way they positioned their article is like saying that oral sex is bad. They never mentioned that using protection when doing oral sex would be good as protections like condoms would prevent many forms of sexual transmitted diseases through oral or penetration.

They also made a claim stating that through kissing, Aids can also be transmitted. They never even produced real solid proof on how this is even possible. They stated that the lack of education is what causes this but from what I have read, the lack of education presented to these so called "journalists" are the main cause because they are sending out the wrong message and making people more "afraid" of certain groups of people.

These are the kind of articles that make me embarrassed about some of the journalists of Malaysia. They can be so unprofessional and biased.

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Jeffrey James