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By: MEYcast - Broadcasting ahead » Blog Archive » Teleconference with American students, Part II

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:57:32 +0000

[...] for your listening enjoyment. Participating in the conference are Esra’a, Liz and myself. Our first conference was very successful and we’ve followed it up with what I believe to be an even better discussion [...]

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Teleconference with American students, Part II - Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:19:05 +0000

By: Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan)

Muneeb (Saudi Arabia/Pakistan) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:40:16 +0000

it was a greaat exchange.. looking fwd to the next one

and D.B.. a guy mops floor’s.. drives a BM.. LOL really?

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:34:40 +0000

It's almost hilarious watching you try to come up with criticism that is not so ill-founded. Journalism has to do with broadcasting or writing news. It's formal and a profession. We did nothing of the sort. Neither me nor DB introduced ourselves as journalists, so it goes without saying that your criticism will be waived as ill-informed, if not irrelevant. You obviously don't seem to understand the purpose of this podcast, nor do you really understand much of the people who took part in it (bloggers, not journalists.) I don't blame you, as this is not the first time you offer criticism without first educating yourself on the background of its subjects. More and more often, you seem to disagree and criticize others merely for the sake of it. How wasteful of your energy. Having an informal chat with students, out of curiosity, is not a form of journalism. It's about opinion, it's about our culture the way we personally see it, it's about us. Me, DB, and the students. Not your opinions, as you weren't there, and not the whole of society, which we did not claim to represent, and not journalism, as this was far from a journalistic experience. So, please, stop wasting our time and yours. Make an effort next time to know who and what you are criticizing, and offer a real opinion that makes sense and is justified by what we actually talked about in the podcast, instead of flailing your arms and whining about everything within this website for the sheer sake of disagreement. Elinor, thanks dear! I hope you'll join us for next time.

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:19:37 +0000

It’s bad journalism, and an encouragement for bad critical thinking. I wasn’t suggesting that you alter you personal opinion to make it more palatable for everyone, it’s your opinion and you’re entitled to whatever you do it, but if you’re gonna have an extreme one, other people should easily recognize that, and that’s not the impression that the people on the other end received.

Less spoonfeeding, and a fairer ground. (y)

By: elinor(Iran)

elinor(Iran) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:37:44 +0000

Again I missed the next time…. I really would love to down load the second postcad It is always pleasing to hear your voice and you are not biased,I am proud of you honey, the kid in the highschool we very nice as well, and I think what their teacher does is cool. I send my best wishes with the start of the persian-kurdish new year to you and every one on MEY

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:38:46 +0000

You won’t find it, because I spoke in the future tense. We will post it here when we are ready to.

And you can stop being defensive.

Nope. If you don’t justify your opinion, I will ask for clarification. I see no reason why I shouldn’t react to your comment.

but only because it was single sided and strongly opinionated at the same time.

I am not sure what is so unclear about the terms “personal opinion.” Personal implies that you speak from your own experiences and express your own perspectives on things. This was a personal podcast. This is not representative of the entire Arab world, who said it is? Therefore, seeing as it is personal and with few members involved, of course it is biased, it is incorrect to assume otherwise.

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:25:45 +0000

When I said too PR-esque, I wasn’t referring to the comments about your website. It was more directed the “judgy” feel of things.

Factually inexact, regarding the Media, and about disregarding the most commonly practiced political ideology in the Arab world.

And you can stop being defensive. When I said biased, it wasn’t because it was strongly opinionated, but only because it was single sided and strongly opinionated at the same time.

Can’t find “next time” where is it ?

By: Omar

Omar — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:19:25 +0000

I on the other hand found it wonderful. Makes me proud that you guys did this. Can’t wait to hear the new podcast!

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:42:19 +0000

Ah, Mohammed is back again, with his usually unjustified “I hate everything” rants.

1) Too PR-esque? We are hosting the conference. Of course we’d talk about this website. It’s called curiosity, not PR.

2) Factually inexact? It was a matter of personal opinion. Questions were posed to us and we did not claim to represent our society, in fact on several occasions, both me and DB said “it differs from one person to another and depends where you go.”

3) Biased: Everything and everyone is biased, get over it.

Better luck next time.

We did have better luck the next time we did this and we’ll post the podcast here again.