PETALING JAYA: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) should submit candidates for the next General Election says Communications and Multimedia minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak (pic).

In a blogpost on Tuesday he said that the WSJ has become "desperate and obsessive".

"‎They are behaving like politicians and campaigners, not credible or independent media.

"They simply repeat and repackage unproven allegations they've previously published.

" They never do anything to justify these smears beyond quoting anonymous sources and documents that - mysteriously - only the WSJ claims to have spoken to and seen," he said adding that the sources or documents may not exist, or originate from political opponents.

He added that the American newspaper has abandoned fact-based principles of independent journalism to become nothing better than a partisan blog.

"The willing vehicle of politically motivated forces," said Salleh who is also Umno treasurer general.

Salleh added that WSJ was feeding people info for its own selfish objectives

"Just like Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his proxies who want to influence Malaysia's political process and dictate who should form our government.

"Their continuous onslaught is not about journalism, but about forcing their own arrogant and misguided vision onto Malaysia.

"If we submitted, our harmonious, stable and prosperous majority-Muslim state would be eroded," he said.

He stressed that Malaysians now know better and will "bend to no-one.

Salleh then labelled WSJ as "neocon media" who pushed for the disastrous foreign interventions in Muslim countries such as Iraq.

"They are partly responsible for opening up a Pandora’s box of death, destruction and instability," he said.

He added that foreign interference in Malaysia will fail and said only Malaysians will decide the future of the country at the ballot box