http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/30/dubais-press-directives-exposed/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/30/dubais-press-directives-exposed/#comment-2636 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:42:33 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1966#comment-2636 If the content of this subhead was actually meant to be published, then the ‘writer’ has some serious issues with English. “Emphasize country’s structure as a federation with different emirates that cooperate and help each other for the common good.” So is this a command? A mere predicate? This sentence seems so…Mao Zedongish.

]]> http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/30/dubais-press-directives-exposed/#comment-2632 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:06:37 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1966#comment-2632 Perfectly plausible and you may well be correct, but where’s the fun there?

]]> http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/30/dubais-press-directives-exposed/#comment-2631 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:04:55 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1966#comment-2631 You could well be correct. And thanks for the other note: useful, as I patently can’t read what’s straight in front of me…

]]> http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/30/dubais-press-directives-exposed/#comment-2629 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:38:39 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1966#comment-2629 As you know, I’m no fan of press censorship or “guidance” and have mocked same in several blog posts, but I wonder if this sub headline might be nothing more than the writer’s attempt to summarize a common theme among those interviewed, i.e., that they emphasized the unity of the UAE and mutual assistance.

]]> http://thegulfblog.com/2009/12/30/dubais-press-directives-exposed/#comment-2628 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:31:11 +0000 http://thegulfblog.com/?p=1966#comment-2628 I think it’s just a shoddy attempt at writing a subhead (readers express pride…. emphasize country’s structure), and that’s the Emirati Gulf News not Qatar’s Gulf Times, by the way.

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