Comments on: World Press Freedom Day 2008 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/ A Jordanian Blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Ahmad Al-Sholi http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/#comment-118860 Ahmad Al-Sholi Sun, 04 May 2008 16:01:32 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/#comment-118860 Totally agree: Push the limits. Totally agree: Push the limits.

]]> By: Deena http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/#comment-118783 Deena Sat, 03 May 2008 20:05:16 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/#comment-118783 Amen (to be taken metaphorically not literally...loool) Amen (to be taken metaphorically not literally…loool)

]]> By: Mohanned http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/#comment-118777 Mohanned Sat, 03 May 2008 14:00:53 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2008/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-2008/#comment-118777 I agree on the self censorship point, but if you take a look at how previous cases-when someone said something that angered someone- were handled you will know why. We should stop blaming ourselevs and look for solutions. What about the laws that strict the freedom? You can't ask people to be proactive when the outcome of their action resides in gafagfa or el mwaggar! And reflecting on your previous post, when you have a propagandanist press machine that always palys the pictures of destruction and sectarianism wether it is in iraq or palastine, then compares us to syria and saudi arabia, what do you really expect from the people? When you have most of the local papers and many journalists launching a huge campaing against the danish cartoonists and even putting them to trial in jordan while ignoring all the elephants we have in our own room! What do we expect? When you have the editor in chief of Al-rai news paper becoming the syndicate leader, do we really need to expect anything new? I agree on the self censorship point, but if you take a look at how previous cases-when someone said something that angered someone- were handled you will know why. We should stop blaming ourselevs and look for solutions. What about the laws that strict the freedom? You can’t ask people to be proactive when the outcome of their action resides in gafagfa or el mwaggar!

And reflecting on your previous post, when you have a propagandanist press machine that always palys the pictures of destruction and sectarianism wether it is in iraq or palastine, then compares us to syria and saudi arabia, what do you really expect from the people? When you have most of the local papers and many journalists launching a huge campaing against the danish cartoonists and even putting them to trial in jordan while ignoring all the elephants we have in our own room! What do we expect? When you have the editor in chief of Al-rai news paper becoming the syndicate leader, do we really need to expect anything new?

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