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[Agios Amvrosios]

Does anyone know who owns this hack rag. I cannot understand how this hack newspaper survives when its stated position is so against the views of Cypriots of all walks of life from workers to academics.

All I can assume is a conspiracy. The newspaper and website seems to have a lot of capital behind it but where does it come from. Hardly anyone buys the paper and yet it is published daily and the website is better than that of some of the main stream papers from Cyprus.

The worst thing is that english speakers may assume that the views of this hack paper are the views of most ordinary Cypriots.

WHo has dirt on the Cyprus mail?

[Piratis]

I don't know who owns it but the main editors are not Cypriots.

The newspaper and website seems to have a lot of capital behind

To me it seems quite cheep actually.

Hardly anyone buys the paper

It doesn't sell as much as the "big" newspapers, but it sells quite a lot actually.

The worst thing is that english speakers may assume that the views of this hack paper are the views of most ordinary Cypriots.

I agree that their views are more aligned with US/UK interests rather than Cyprus ones. Today for example in their online version they said nothing about the celebrations for the "TRNC".

[bg_turk]

I agree that their views are more aligned with US/UK interests rather than Cyprus ones.

What are the Cypriot interests? Do TCs and GCs have the same interests?
So you say Cyprous Mail is more aligned with US/K interests. Which papers are aligned with CYprus interests?
Let me guess. The newspapers that support Papadopoulos defend the Cypriot interests, and those that support the Annan Plan defend the american interests, did I get it right?

[Piratis]

What are the Cypriot interests?

In a democracy the interests of the country should be the ones that are chosen in a democratic way either directly (e.g. a referendum) or by electing the ones to represent us. (while of course being within international law, human rights, democracy etc)

Do TCs and GCs have the same interests?

I would say yes. A state shouldn't serve the interests of one group on the expense of another group. Therefore legality, human rights and democracy is what serves the interests of all Cypriots without violating the rights of others.

Let me guess. The newspapers that support Papadopoulos defend the Cypriot interests, and those that support the Annan Plan defend the american interests, did I get it right?

I gave you what I believe is the definition of "interets" above. In this case, when the majority of the population (even if you add in the TCs) have rejected the plan in a direct way then it is clear to me that Annan plan is against our interests.

Those newspapers can of course criticize as much as they want. Nobody should limit this. However these are 2 different things.

[Agios Amvrosios]

Big Turk.

If 76% plus of GC are against the Annan Plan and this figure roughly translates to 68% of the total population of Cyprus then all Newspaper's that supported the Annan plan would be Anti Cypriot in my mind.

[cypezokyli]

ayios amvrosios
your definition of what makes a paper anti-cypriot (if such a term exists or we invented it) is...
is any newspaper that is against pap, against the majority and therefore anticypriot?
in the same way..was any newspaper that was against clerides when he was elected, against the mejority and therefore anticypriot?
how would you then define freedom of press?

second..i wouldnt make this adding up of gcs and tcs who voted no. the reason is simple. the biggest majority of the NO supporters in the north are against any solution..to make it simple : Denktash.
we hope, or we say or like to believe that we rejected this plan but we still want a solution. so joining the two in one number the way i see it makes no sense

[cypezokyli]

when it comes to the topic itself...why is it that anyone who is against our opinion is financed by someone ( by the americans) ?
you dont sound like a leftwing (if that concept exists) ayiosamvrosios but the question u posed comes really close to the latest christofias anouncement concerning the recent strikes : dont make cyprus another chile... that is: the potatoproducers are financed by the americans to overthrow aliente...excuse me papadopoulos

[Bananiot]

Well said cypezokyli. The Cyprus Mail is a paper that goes back many years and apparently is considered to be one of the most serious and respected papers in Cyprus. Regarding the allegations that anyone that differs from the government's line being paid by the Americans, I strongly advice you to read this:

http://www.makarios.ws/upload/20051111/ ... -12865.pdf

By the way, Papadopoulos has been exposed by his right hand man. Tasos Tzionis gave a very revealing interview in Phileleftheros last Sunday and basically declared the Annan Plan dead and of course hailed the partition of Cyprus! He always echos the voice of his master.

[Nikiforos]

I have read the online version of the Cyprus Mail for years and strongly believe that it does reflect the American/British point of view. It is very reasonable to believe that the US/Britain provide funding for this paper. Proving this is another matter. It is not a secret that the Americans have interfered in the affairs of other nations for years. One way of doing this is to control what the local population hears and reads.

Other GC media outlets should become more proactive and provide English online versions of their content. Maybe they already do this but I have not discovered it. I look forward to the day that I can be spared the delusional rantings of Loucas Charalambous.

[Agios Amvrosios]

I just cannot understand how a paper which is so out of touch with the vast majority of Cypriot opinions has been able to operate for so long. I can only assume bank rolling by somebody .I don't know who and "who" is a secondary issue. I'm saying how can such an unpopular newspaper operate? I haven't actually met a single person who voted in favour of the Annan Plan and yet this hack newspaper endorses it like it was written by God.