RTM must take the blame, too.

(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))

Byline: Suraya Al-Attas

INFORMATION Minister Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin's displeasure over the "abuse" of the national language on television programmes has made producers jittery.

The days of "rojak language", as Zainuddin puts it, on TV are over and the minister has instructed RTM to blacklist production companies that have taken this matter lightly. For new players in the industry, this may come as a shock, but for the old timers it's yet another reminder of just how complicated and fickle the entertainment industry can be.

Those who have been in the industry long enough would remember debates on …