Comments on: Free Speech Roundup: China, UAE, Jordan, Iran and more http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/12/free-speech-roundup-china-uae-jordan-iran-and-more/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:21:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ArabianMonkey http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/12/free-speech-roundup-china-uae-jordan-iran-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1199207 ArabianMonkey Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:24:29 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/12/free-speech-roundup-china-uae-jordan-iran-and-more/#comment-1199207 Unfortunately the responsible freedom of thought and expression in Jordan has a long way to go. We seem to be stuck in an very confused phase. Not only are we censored, penalized and self-censored, but we are suffering from a lot of bad practices in the industry - on small and large scale. The situation is grim right now and will be so for a while. Check out the difference in attitude between legacy media and citizen journalists in this Forum back in Feb, watch video recording (Arabic, sorry English no subs!): http://naydynmoody.blogspot.com/2007/10/spinning-tales-of-monkey-in-wonderland.html Since this talk, we have regressed. And on the other hand we have double standards when it comes to entertainment media regulation or the lack of it: http://naydynmoody.blogspot.com/2007/09/avc-is-missing-another-c.html There's a lot of hard work ahead. This is a sad subject for me and quite exhaustive - I've been going round in circles blogging about it non-stop for a couple months. I strongly believe we need to keep a constant dialog going, and with every stage push the envelope further! Unfortunately the responsible freedom of thought and expression in Jordan has a long way to go. We seem to be stuck in an very confused phase.

Not only are we censored, penalized and self-censored, but we are suffering from a lot of bad practices in the industry – on small and large scale. The situation is grim right now and will be so for a while.

Check out the difference in attitude between legacy media and citizen journalists in this Forum back in Feb, watch video recording (Arabic, sorry English no subs!):

http://naydynmoody.blogspot.com/2007/10/spinning-tales-of-monkey-in-wonderland.html

Since this talk, we have regressed.

And on the other hand we have double standards when it comes to entertainment media regulation or the lack of it: http://naydynmoody.blogspot.com/2007/09/avc-is-missing-another-c.html

There’s a lot of hard work ahead. This is a sad subject for me and quite exhaustive – I’ve been going round in circles blogging about it non-stop for a couple months. I strongly believe we need to keep a constant dialog going, and with every stage push the envelope further!

]]> By: sam http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/12/free-speech-roundup-china-uae-jordan-iran-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-1199146 sam Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:46:36 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/12/free-speech-roundup-china-uae-jordan-iran-and-more/#comment-1199146 I wasn't able to get the guide in China.... Is that a paradox? I wasn’t able to get the guide in China…. Is that a paradox?

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