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Suppose ST were to hire Singaporeans in order to produce news written by Singaporeans for Singaporeans, how many of us here:

1.  have good enough English to write
2.  have journalistic talent
3.  are willing to leave family and friends behind to enter war zones?

We cannot find locals.....enough locals...........for practically every sector from IT to banking to healthcare to even police force...you name it, which sector does not depend on foreigners?

Therefore, we have no choice but to pay Blomberg which is a form of outsourcing.

From a cost perspective, yes it's not realistic to expect ST/CNA to send someone to Ukraine. However, this is not an excuse to just republish whatever articles that are churned out by just that standard 5 - 6 western liberal sources.

There are plenty of other international news channel with Ukrainian reach like RT, CGTN, AJ, DW etc. Why must it always be US/UK liberal news channel? Also this particular article does not even involve any war time reporting and Bloomberg is a financial news channel with limited insights, so why of all possible sources on this matter ST choose this article which frankly sounds more like a US State Department press release than a factual reporting?

Nowadays I find reading other ASEAN papers like Bangkok Post, Jakarta Post, The Star and Phnom Penh Post much more insightful on international affairs than ST. I read ST might as well directly go and read US/UK media much faster and more comprehensive.