March 27, 04:39 PM 
514 Chai Chee Lane 03-16, Singapore 469029 For context, do read this article first: Today newspaper apologises for misrepresenting Low Thia Khiang’s tribute to LKY in Parliament
It was reported that Today newspaper had to apologise for misrepresenting Low Thia Khiang’s tribute to Lee Kuan Yew in Parliament on March 26, 2015.
In Today's original Facebook post, they took snippets of what Low said out of its original context and misinterpreted him to have said:
The PAP's one-party rule was not the reason for transformation, he said. "Many Singaporeans were sacrificed."
"Mr Lee did what was right, but silencing opposition has risked disconnecting Singaporeans from their own society."
It turns out the The Straits Times had also tweeted the same thing as Today, but they simply deleted the inaccurate tweet.
Check out the location of the missing tweet:
Leader of the Opposition Low Thia Khiang rises to speak, in Mandarin. He begins by calling Mr Lee an extraordinary political leader
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
In its founding years, Singapore was in danger of becoming a pawn of big power geopolitical games, says Mr Low
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
"With outstanding wisdom and courage," Mr Lee traversed big countries on either side and charted a path for Singapore
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
In Singapore, fighting for independence awakened Singapore's pol awareness. In the process, consensus was forged between pple & Mr Lee
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
A common direction & mutual trust was forged between Mr Lee and the people, says Mr Low. This was reason for Sg's leap from 3rd world to 1st
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
But the PAP's one-party rule was not the reason for transformation, says Mr Low. Many Singaporeans were sacrificed.
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
[Missing tweet should have been here]
The Mr Lee he knew was not an autocrat, says Mr Low. But some of his decisions were controversial.
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
Singapore's racial and religious harmony is a great achievement of Mr Lee's, says Mr Low.
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
Other countries have disintegrated over ethnic differences but not Singapore. Mr Low ends: "I have deep respect for Mr Lee." #leekuanyew
— The Straits Times (@STcom) March 26, 2015
And here is an ex-reporter's explanation about how such errors could have occurred:
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The only plausible-sounding conclusion we can draw is that either Today was borrowing heavily from the translated snippets by The Straits Times, or vice versa, which could explain the duplication of the exact same misinterpretation and result in the same error.
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