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[CBBB]

They also zapped my comment pointing out the thread in the east where the reporter nicked his similar 2009 story from.

[TC666]

perhaps they could do us all a favour and zap you. now that would be funny.
they don't seem to zap the normal people's comments

[CyprusNewsReport]

The Cyprus Mail’s corrupt discriminatory practices...

One by one, the Cyprus Mail is barring the IP addresses of Greek Cypriot comment posters from participating in the paper’s political comment sections (that follow immediately after an article), in an effort to assist a handful of well-known Cyprus Haters, mainly comprised of bitter Turks and Brits, who are left to freely command the “airways” on the newspaper’s electronic site to push their anti-Cypriot agenda!

This began in the last couple of months, when an incessant IP address-filtering policy by the Cyprus Mail appears to have enabled a handful of anti-Cypriot aliases to monopolize the “airways” at the Mail’s political comment sections, where they are running rampant with the blessings of the newspaper’s management!

The Cyprus Mail’s systematic campaign to undermine Cyprus, the government of Cyprus, and the people of Cyprus, appears to only be prepared to publish reader’s comments if they directly or indirectly promote one or more of the following…

1. The destruction of the RoC constitution!
2. Undemocratic political arrangements in violation of the UDHR and UN Charter!
3. Blatant anti-Cypriot racial hatred and discrimination.
4. Foreign serving Turkophile or Anglophile stances.

Furthermore, the website’s “mark as inappropriate” link to be found under each reader’s comment appears to only work if it favors the newspaper’s political agenda!

The predominantly foreign or half-baked “Cypriot” crew at the Cyprus Mail are clearly in constant violation of the 1997 established act of the “JOURNALIST’S CODE OF PRACTICE” to be found here…

http://www.cmcc.org.cy/code_pradice.html

http://www.cmcc.org.cy/code_pradice2.html

The Cyprus Mail has become an anti-Cypriot breeding ground of foreign discriminatory interests not only in the biased stance of its articles, but more importantly in the gagging of public opinion, and for this reason I call upon the Cyprus Media Complaints Commission to investigate the matter further.

Thanks in advance.


Regards, GR.


NB: The Cyprus Media Complaints Commission has been directed to this thread.

This is not fair, and quite likely libellous. Just because the Cyprus Mail is not slavishly re-printing government propaganda and the views of fanatics from both sides of the fence does not mean it is discriminatory or anti-Cypriot.

And you would need rock-solid proof of these allegations to be taken seriously by anybody.

[CBBB]

perhaps they could do us all a favour and zap you. now that would be funny.
they don't seem to zap the normal people's comments

Who said you are normal, YPrick, what, old chap?

[cymart]

The Cyprus media is controlled mostly by powerful financial groups who are opposed to the idea of of a federal solution and this is often reflected in their coverage of political events,especially when writing about anything to do with Turkey and the T.C's who are nearly always portrayed negatively.Virtually all the t.v. stations,(with the possible exception of RIK 1 which has recently begun covering sensitive issues connected with the history of Cyprus that were previously avoided,Irini Charalambidous programme on Monday evenings being a good example and some quite revealing programmes by Soulla Hadjikyriacou) do not usually promote the idea of co-existence and tend to encourage pessimism about the prospects of a solution.The Greek language Cypriot dailies,except Politis and sometimes Alithia follow a similar line,with the largest circulating Phileleftheros,owned by the Pattichis group who are known DIKO supporters and also now have ownership of the Cyprus Weekly.This was evident in the coverage of last Wednesdays negotiations on the property issue where all the negative points of the T.C. proposals were made headlines,rather than presenting an in-depth and more balanced view of both sides initial negotiating ideas,which is what they were and not final positions!A clearly set-out description was given in yesterdays Politis,which can be read on line and it is worth noting that for the first time Turkey offers to undertake to pay compensation 'within a short period of time' to those G.C's who will not have their properties returned as part of the territorial adjustments.....surely a massive improvement on the Annan Plan provisions?Although they also demand a ceiling on the number of Greek-Cypriots who will be able to live in the area they will retain to ensure ' bizonality' this is not impractical ,bearing in mind that very few G.C's would opt to return under T.C. control anway and would choose to accept compensation instead,with the possible exception of a limited number of elderly people?Bearing in mind that Christophias has demanded the territorial adjustments should allow around 100.000 G.C's to get back their properties and be under the control of their own adminstration this is approximately similar to the Annan Plans proposals,which the other side have already accepted.
When seen from an unbiased viewpoint,the two sides initial positions leave room for negotiation and surely it would be better to encourage people to see this,rather than the message put over last week?
At the end of the day there is also the question of whether non-refugees should have the right to vote in a referendum on whether or not people from the north should get their properties back or be compensated,especially with the cynicism and negativity which most of the media here have been cultivating for far too long!
The truth is that most of the economic and political elite which controls the G.C's do not want a solution,especially one that will involve sharing power with the T.C's because they consider it is against their interests.Manipulating public opinion to ensure another 'no' vote will become their priority as the final deadline for a solution draws nearer,even if this means partition!!
And this is what Christophias and other supporters of a solution need to beware of as a matter of urgency!
Opposing the corrupt and self-serving establishment here is what the Cyprus Mail often dares to do so good luck to them-if only they published in Greek too!

[CyprusNewsReport]

The Cyprus media is controlled mostly by powerful financial groups who are opposed to the idea of of a federal solution and this is often reflected in their coverage of political events,especially when writing about anything to do with Turkey and the T.C's who are nearly always portrayed negatively.Virtually all the t.v. stations,(with the possible exception of RIK 1 which has recently begun covering sensitive issues connected with the history of Cyprus that were previously avoided,Irini Charalambidous programme on Monday evenings being a good example and some quite revealing programmes by Soulla Hadjikyriacou) do not usually promote the idea of co-existence and tend to encourage pessimism about the prospects of a solution.The Greek language Cypriot dailies,except Politis and sometimes Alithia follow a similar line,with the largest circulating Phileleftheros,owned by the Pattichis group who are known DIKO supporters and also now have ownership of the Cyprus Weekly.This was evident in the coverage of last Wednesdays negotiations on the property issue where all the negative points of the T.C. proposals were made headlines,rather than presenting an in-depth and more balanced view of both sides initial negotiating ideas,which is what they were and not final positions!A clearly set-out description was given in yesterdays Politis,which can be read on line and it is worth noting that for the first time Turkey offers to undertake to pay compensation 'within a short period of time' to those G.C's who will not have their properties returned as part of the territorial adjustments.....surely a massive improvement on the Annan Plan provisions?Although they also demand a ceiling on the number of Greek-Cypriots who will be able to live in the area they will retain to ensure ' bizonality' this is not impractical ,bearing in mind that very few G.C's would opt to return under T.C. control anway and would choose to accept compensation instead,with the possible exception of a limited number of elderly people?Bearing in mind that Christophias has demanded the territorial adjustments should allow around 100.000 G.C's to get back their properties and be under the control of their own adminstration this is approximately similar to the Annan Plans proposals,which the other side have already accepted.
When seen from an unbiased viewpoint,the two sides initial positions leave room for negotiation and surely it would be better to encourage people to see this,rather than the message put over last week?
At the end of the day there is also the question of whether non-refugees should have the right to vote in a referendum on whether or not people from the north should get their properties back or be compensated,especially with the cynicism and negativity which most of the media here have been cultivating for far too long!
The truth is that most of the economic and political elite which controls the G.C's do not want a solution,especially one that will involve sharing power with the T.C's because they consider it is against their interests.Manipulating public opinion to ensure another 'no' vote will become their priority as the final deadline for a solution draws nearer,even if this means partition!!
And this is what Christophias and other supporters of a solution need to beware of as a matter of urgency!
Opposing the corrupt and self-serving establishment here is what the Cyprus Mail often dares to do so good luck to them-if only they published in Greek too!

Big thumbs up to you cymart. Journalists should never be lobbyists unless they declare a clear interest beforehand, or call their articles opinion pieces. The most valuable asset a journalist has is his or her integrity. As media consumers become more sophisticated, they will start seeing through the current manipulation and will start demanding integrity, accuracy and balance from their journalists - as they have started to demand from the government and businesses.

If a journalist says that they have inside information on reunification proposals, the audience has the right to know their source. Not the name, but the origin of the information. Last week's 'reporting' on various proposals had an important element missing - the sources! Apparently the reporters had developed extra sensory perception and read the minds of the negotiators...because there was precious little in the way of citations.

So that makes this kind of reporting just sheer speculation and lobbying.

[lola-tulip]

This is not fair, and quite likely libellous. Just because the Cyprus Mail is not slavishly re-printing government propaganda

Would you like to tell us where you think the RoC "slavishly" prints propaganda?

[Get Real!]

This is not fair, and quite likely libellous.

Utter rubbish!

Just because the Cyprus Mail is not slavishly re-printing government propaganda and the views of fanatics from both sides of the fence does not mean it is discriminatory or anti-Cypriot.

Manufactured rubbish!

And you would need rock-solid proof of these allegations to be taken seriously by anybody.

Piece of cake...

Btw, your response speaks heaps about your “news” junk site!

[Nikitas]

anyone figure out the headline "marriages out of wedlock quadruple" ?


Maybe now we have a News Reporter here he can clarify it for us. I cannot get the news item to click open.

[SKI-preo]

The Cyprus Mail does echo much of the anti cypriot and anit democratic nonsense of Bananiot. Conspiracy theories aside ,my posts also get deleted but I think its because I am chronically dyslexic. I would also delete :
efjhgkdfgjdlfh hopogpgh?KILL YOUR DOG FOR SATAN!