Of course newspapers in other countries have their own agendas and are aligned with certain political views, that's inevitable when they are owned by human beings. But the censorship in Qatar is at a whole different level to what goes on at somewhere like The Times.

I agree with what you say about journalists here not having any incentive to do anything other than what's required to receive their pay packet. Indeed, the opposite is true - the possibility of losing their pay packet is their incentive to keep their heads down.