 Both media ownership and content are carefully regulated by the Government . Given how government @-@ linked companies appear to exercise a near monopoly over the mainstream media in Singapore , the view has been taken that the mainstream media take a predominantly pro @-@ PAP stance in their reporting and suppress or disregard the viewpoints of opposition parties . The Government has justified this approach by stressing that the media should play a constructive role in nation @-@ building by adopting and presenting a national perspective on issues . In other words , the media should support the goals of the elected leadership and extol consensus instead of contention to enhance national strength and competitiveness , and thus " assiduously eschew advancing its own political agenda " at the expense of straightforward truth . 
