Jeez britexpat! Well, at least where I work, we DON'T!
And nomerci, I agree a lot of the local mags have ridiculous spelling and english (oh Women Today, the fun I had giggling at you). But just FYI, mags don't control content of ads-- and in Doha, the expensive hotels and venues are the ones with money to spend, so. . .
my biggest pet peeve is the Advertorials. You know, the editorial content that's actually a sneaky ad. the restaurant review where the restaurant has paid for the meal and the review for example, the interview with the GM, and oh look there's their ad right next to it, the article about the venue owned by the owner of the magazine. . . drives me crazy. And then people just expect it from everyone! I spend a huge amount of time explaining that not all of us do that :P
that's part of the problem I think with a free press anywhere in the world: it's getting to be too much about the money. Qatar really needs a BBC or a CBC style public news company, which does local news.
Jeez britexpat! Well, at least where I work, we DON'T!
And nomerci, I agree a lot of the local mags have ridiculous spelling and english (oh Women Today, the fun I had giggling at you). But just FYI, mags don't control content of ads-- and in Doha, the expensive hotels and venues are the ones with money to spend, so. . .
my biggest pet peeve is the Advertorials. You know, the editorial content that's actually a sneaky ad. the restaurant review where the restaurant has paid for the meal and the review for example, the interview with the GM, and oh look there's their ad right next to it, the article about the venue owned by the owner of the magazine. . . drives me crazy. And then people just expect it from everyone! I spend a huge amount of time explaining that not all of us do that :P
that's part of the problem I think with a free press anywhere in the world: it's getting to be too much about the money. Qatar really needs a BBC or a CBC style public news company, which does local news.