 According to Tan Tarn How , a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies and former journalist , Singapore newspapers " have a long record of publicly endorsing the PAP @-@ led government 's position " . Thus , passing through the mainstream media 's filters , news about opposition political parties can end up marginalized or unreported , as compared to updates from the ruling party . Should the media avoid reporting opposition @-@ related events , voters are effectively deprived of making an informed choice . In Castells v. Spain ( 1992 ) , the European Court of Human Rights said : 
