Why Dubai? Part 3
You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do Unbribed, there’s no occasion to. I must say that I more or less agree with Humbert Wolfe's little poem, with journalists at the TES being some of the worst. I have not always found journalists to be reliable or truthful. If you are a journalist, then the most important thing seems to be to have "a story", something that people will want to read or hear, whether or not it is biased or exaggerated. Journalism really seems to be a form of entertainment, not a reliable way to convey information. Anyway, w hile doing some rummaging around on the Internet, I came across these criticisms of the infamous article, "The Dark Side of Dubai" and, in the British tradition of fair play, I thought that I ought to include them, together with some more of our old photos of Dubai and the UAE. Comments on Johann Hari’s ‘Dark Side of Dubai’ article While I was on hol...