‘Visitors can become poor’: Chinese netizens debate whether Singapore is too costly to visit

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The Chinese media, especially the tabloids, have also highlighted the high cost of living in Singapore. On Feb 18, Phoenix Weekly, a magazine focusing on social news based in Shenzhen in southern China, ran a story with the headline “The first batch of middle-class Chinese who visited Singapore visa-free has already gone bankrupt”.

Consider the idea that social media posts (unlike most of those in traditional media), are not reported via third party, but are the actual first-hand account of those who have lived through the experience. What impact has this on the convincing factor? With this idea in mind, how likely are you to believe the social media posts of those Palestinians currently living in the war zone now in Gaza? 

Qn: To what extent does the media have an impact on our choices?