tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post8859668840132606514..comments2024-02-01T13:43:30.395+04:00Comments on Dubai Media Observer: Actual journalists need not applymediamonsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462585789471094939noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-81425718140317006892010-02-28T01:15:20.344+04:002010-02-28T01:15:20.344+04:00There are many interests involved so that there is...There are many interests involved so that there is news worth reading. It's like a bubble.juliohttp://www.debatepopular.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-15377762450957982412008-04-13T16:30:00.000+04:002008-04-13T16:30:00.000+04:00Here's some priceless words: Please. Fuck. Off. (t...Here's some priceless words: Please. Fuck. Off. (the punctuation is intentional and free of charge)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-78247128356378820292008-04-13T14:57:00.000+04:002008-04-13T14:57:00.000+04:00Probably right.Special, deal, on, commas, today, o...Probably right.<BR/><BR/>Special, deal, on, commas, today, only, 10, fils, a,piece,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-52884575469606533912008-04-13T07:40:00.000+04:002008-04-13T07:40:00.000+04:00I guess he charges extra for grammar.I guess he charges extra for grammar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-62122795540582645812008-04-12T11:56:00.000+04:002008-04-12T11:56:00.000+04:00You mean disembark at not to.You mean disembark at not to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-51899958913450390542008-04-11T06:40:00.000+04:002008-04-11T06:40:00.000+04:00Here's a few $5 words - useless cunts disembark to...Here's a few $5 words - useless cunts disembark to Dubai because they can't get work anywhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-77674260298142691712008-04-08T07:00:00.000+04:002008-04-08T07:00:00.000+04:00If it says so in the brief and the contract.If it says so in the brief and the contract.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-51414591674899145652008-04-07T16:01:00.000+04:002008-04-07T16:01:00.000+04:00"Pamphleteers? Please spare us, your Wikipedia fed..."Pamphleteers? Please spare us, your Wikipedia fed pop history lessons."<BR/><BR/>Amusing.<BR/><BR/>That's a $2 word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-70127695944747960892008-04-05T19:56:00.000+04:002008-04-05T19:56:00.000+04:00Do we have to pay for the IFs ANDs BUTs and THEs, ...Do we have to pay for the IFs ANDs BUTs and THEs, or just the words that are actual thorns in the side of the establishment? (You know, like hegemony and disenfrancise.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-41748616044124564342008-04-05T16:36:00.000+04:002008-04-05T16:36:00.000+04:00And I thought that repetitive cunt had gone...And I thought that repetitive cunt had gone...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-7526989230046989712008-04-04T14:47:00.000+04:002008-04-04T14:47:00.000+04:00"We can discuss copyright at a later date." What a..."We can discuss copyright at a later date." <BR/><BR/>What a tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-29732552692903236222008-04-03T14:49:00.000+04:002008-04-03T14:49:00.000+04:00I'm not particularly riled - except that you're tr...I'm not particularly riled - except that you're trying to pass yourself off as a journalist.<BR/><BR/>I haven't agreed with a single claim you've made and I don't recall anyone else on this blog doing so either. <BR/><BR/>Put up an article you've written so we can all read it and learn from you. You claim journalism is a noble pursuit, a crusade for freedom - then ask a dollar a word! Who was it who once said: "So, if you think journalism is purely about business and making money you can't be driven by the right passions."? Oh, that would be you. So let's hear it, share some of your passion by way of an article you've written, about anything, ever.<BR/><BR/>I doubt you command a dollar a word, unless it's goodbye. I bet people pay good money to hear you say that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-39425009357862795092008-04-03T13:48:00.000+04:002008-04-03T13:48:00.000+04:00man oh man - you are riled.You agree with me and t...man oh man - you are riled.<BR/><BR/>You agree with me and then tell me i my rants are pointless? Are you even aware of anything you write or read or are you just programmed to react?<BR/><BR/>"put one of your stories up here" - what are you? 10?<BR/><BR/>got my butt kicked in dubai????? Ha ha ha haha - what are you going on about?<BR/><BR/>anyway it's fun coming on here and occasionally winding you lot up. <BR/><BR/>like i said go and get a job in a bank.<BR/><BR/>Also be happy to publish a story on this site - my terms are $1 a word and I'll need a brief and a contract before doing so. We can discuss copyright at a later date.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-64103237425805062582008-04-03T10:46:00.000+04:002008-04-03T10:46:00.000+04:00Journalism isn't about business - newspaper publis...Journalism isn't about business - newspaper publishing is. I don't see how you can be a writer when you can barely read or comprehend simple points. And your constant "Ha, ha, got you riled, must have touched a nerve" claims are schoolyard bullshit. Yes, people like you do get others riled because you're a pseudo-intelllectual pain in the ass. <BR/><BR/>If you don't have anything to prove here why do keep trying to prove something?<BR/><BR/>Pamphleteers? Please spare us, your Wikipedia fed pop history lessons.<BR/><BR/>Now you're telling us journalists are here for the money, previously you were telling us they were all here because they can't get jobs anywhere else. If you knew anything you'd know journalists aren't here getting rich.<BR/><BR/>Post one of your stories here and let us all see how it's done.<BR/><BR/>My guess: you came to Dubai, got your butt kicked, couldn't deal and went home after a couple of months claiming you left because it has no standards, is a fascist state and now you pontificate from the comfort of some low level job that lets you claim you work in the media and spend your time taking out your frustrations on Dubai because you couldn't cut it here. <BR/><BR/>You're an idiot and I hope you keep posting here just so I can continue being amused by your flaccid, incoherent, misguided, convuluted, pointless rants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-12494493096369355712008-04-03T09:54:00.000+04:002008-04-03T09:54:00.000+04:00Ha ha - certainly got you riled. I certainly don't...Ha ha - certainly got you riled. I certainly don't have anything to prove on here.<BR/><BR/>The history of journalism has always been about campaigning - go back to the pamphleteers back in the 18th and 19th Century. The best journalists have also always been a thorn in the side of the establishment - from left or right.<BR/><BR/>The point is that such journalists really don't think purely about business - they think about getting their stories published. That may mean some commercial input and compromise but they are not driven purely by 'business.'<BR/><BR/>That's for publishers and, to a certain degree, editors.<BR/><BR/>So, if you think journalism is purely about business and making money you can't be driven by the right passions. <BR/><BR/>But that is largely the case in Dubai - people are purely driven by making money otherwise they wouldn't be there.<BR/><BR/>Like i said - why don't you get a job in banking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-22862032675735940722008-04-03T08:21:00.000+04:002008-04-03T08:21:00.000+04:00What paper do you work for? Or could that put your...What paper do you work for? Or could that put your life in danger as you risk your life and freedom. You're an imposter. If you don't know that the newspaper business is publishing you don't work in the industry.<BR/><BR/>Post one of your stories, one where you set the standard for journalists everywhere, one that will put the Dubai press corp to shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-34520650451694186992008-04-03T04:39:00.000+04:002008-04-03T04:39:00.000+04:00Not one in Dubai - and yes journalists everywhere ...Not one in Dubai - and yes journalists everywhere fight to get stories in, risking their lives and their freedoms - but of course there is the other kind of toadying, spineless journos who just do whatever they're told ALL the time. They'd actually do better if they worked in a bank - better hours and better pay.<BR/>And don't give me the 'we must take an objective view' line. No such thing exists. And there's a big difference between regurgitating press releases and breaking new stories. <BR/>There are an awful lot of people in Dubai who claim to be journalists but really they just work in publishing. There's a big big difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-45931713245192151942008-04-02T18:17:00.000+04:002008-04-02T18:17:00.000+04:00That's what happens everywhere in the world in the...That's what happens everywhere in the world in the newspaper business. You're a self righteous cock. What paper do you work for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-21751974596745501632008-04-02T14:44:00.000+04:002008-04-02T14:44:00.000+04:00I disagree with anon at 9.43 - these things have t...I disagree with anon at 9.43 - these things have to be fought over and contested. We don't all just roll over and go "yes sir, whatever sir, three bags full sir"....<BR/><BR/>Oh shit.....<BR/><BR/>I forgot...<BR/><BR/>That's EXACTLY what you do in UAEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-9982095533564757922008-04-01T09:43:00.000+04:002008-04-01T09:43:00.000+04:00There's a real inertia effect when it comes to new...There's a real inertia effect when it comes to newspaper journalism. The traditional press stopped being about news and truth and integrity a long time ago. It's just a business model that works the way it works. Expectations that newspapers will be the vanguard of social justice are quaint and misguided. That's what the internet does now. Sure, we can point to individual examples of press integrity but all the successful paper businesses follow the same model. Even publications renowned for their integrity are part of it. The Village Voice makes most of its money selling ads for prostitution in its back pages, while the front end thinks it's exposing courruption and organised crime and political malfeasance, which feeds off prostitution. <BR/><BR/>At least Newland isn't a hypocrite - the newspaper business is what it is and bright eyed young journos who think they can change the world with traditional mainstream column inches are kidding themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-29743798118244301792008-04-01T07:31:00.000+04:002008-04-01T07:31:00.000+04:00How about Working Class Hero sung in a bad norther...How about Working Class Hero sung in a bad northern accent by a bad pub singer? <BR/><BR/>As for Newland - he knows which side of the bread is buttered that's for certain.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how much his spine cost?<BR/><BR/>But then he did use to work for convicted criminal Conrad Black, so it should be a smooth transition for him really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-83349841518556364692008-03-30T19:51:00.000+04:002008-03-30T19:51:00.000+04:00How are things in Camden, Dave?How are things in Camden, Dave?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-24427352196019786222008-03-30T18:54:00.000+04:002008-03-30T18:54:00.000+04:00Unflinchingly pragmatic at least.Unflinchingly pragmatic at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-84742494397294740252008-03-30T17:45:00.000+04:002008-03-30T17:45:00.000+04:00ArabianBusiness.com article posted below. Personal...ArabianBusiness.com article posted below. Personally I think Newland's approach is perfectly reasonable...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Abu Dhabi not looking to start newspaper war<BR/><BR/>Abu Dhabi is not looking to start a national newspaper war with the launch of its first English-language daily next month, the newspaper's editor has told ArabianBusiness.com.<BR/><BR/>Martin Newland, former editor of the UK's Daily Telegraph, said there was plenty of room in the market for another paper and he did not think its launch would spark a battle for readers and ad revenue with Dubai-based titles such as Gulf News, Khaleej Times and Emirates Business 24/7.<BR/><BR/>"I don’t want to start a newspaper war. I think there is room for all of us in this market, it's growing at such as rate," Newland said in an interview.<BR/><BR/>"I would be surprised if we take revenue and readers away from the competition."<BR/><BR/>Newland said the newspaper, thought to be called 'The Nation', would be a broadsheet with just over 80 pages of news, business, arts and culture, and sport daily. Newland would not confirm the name.<BR/><BR/>He said the paper would have around a 70/30 split between editorial and advertising. He revealed the paper had already hit its advertising target for the first issue, describing advertiser interest as "keen".<BR/><BR/>Asked how long it would be before the paper begins to turn a profit, Newland said a “handful” of years, without being more specific.<BR/><BR/>The publication, part of the state-owned Abu Dhabi Media Company, has been on the drawing board for over six months and Newland has been on a massive recruitment drive, hiring some 200 journalists from Britain, South Africa, Australia, the US and Canada.<BR/><BR/>News of the newspaper and Newland's appointment last year sparked frenzied speculation about the size and scale of the publication, with rumours flying about of a huge editorial budget with hundreds of journalists being paid outrageous salaries.<BR/><BR/>Newland said the newspaper had enough money "to get the initial job done", but that it was not on the same scale as a Wall Street Journal or New York Times, although he hoped it would be in years to come.<BR/><BR/>"I don’t want people to think this is some massive multi-billion dollar project and we are paying ludicrous salaries. It isn’t," Newland said, adding that the project was around the same size as the National Post in Canada, which he helped launch.<BR/><BR/>The newspaper's editorial policy has already come under fire from certain sections of the UAE media scene for comments reportedly made by Newland in a leaked memo to staff, in which he talks about binning the CVs of "investigative" journalists and says "we are not here to fight [for] press freedom".<BR/><BR/>The editor defended his remarks, stating that the primary goal was to launch a "quality newspaper" with "good journalism".<BR/><BR/>"I can’t lie and say I am spending lots and lots of money in order to fight a press freedom battle. That is not the job. The job is first and foremost to launch a quality newspaper," he said.<BR/><BR/>"You have to have the basics right before you start crusading [journalism] as it were."<BR/><BR/>Asked how the newspaper would cover stories sensitive to the government, such as labour strikes, Newland said he would not know until the paper launched, but that stories in the public domain needed to be reported.<BR/><BR/>"Stories that are in the public domain like things such as labour strikes have to be reported. Otherwise your credibility suffers," he said.<BR/><BR/>"All kinds of stewardship issues go on behind the scenes between editors and proprietors, but the problem is when it [a story] becomes public domain.<BR/><BR/>"Then everyone knows it is going on and they turn to their local media source to look at it and if it’s not there then that media source’s credibility suffers, and worse still you get some drive-by attempt by a foreign publication."<BR/><BR/>Newland said he thought there was less and less worry on the part of government about what the UAE media could report, and lots of "grey areas" had developed.<BR/><BR/>"You can go a long way in a grey area and we certainly intend to do that," he said.<BR/><BR/>Newland said the first issue would appear on newsstands "in less than a month", without being more specific.<BR/><BR/>The paper would only be available in the UAE initially, although there would be limited runs in some key cities around the world such as London and Washington "to explain to the world what the emerging UAE is", he said.<BR/><BR/>He would not reveal the cover price, but said it would not be a "market differentiator".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096398547821208840.post-17909214823723855602008-03-30T17:04:00.000+04:002008-03-30T17:04:00.000+04:00I nominate "Working Class Hero" but not the Green ...I nominate "Working Class Hero" but not the Green Day version.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com