Riz Khan and Al Jazeera do "Pay per Slot" Propaganda for "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"

Comments on the front page of the AlJazeera English YouTube aaccount:
(at 14th Nov 2007 14:40)


grokked | November 14, 2007
@Koggvos - I personally emailed Mr Khan with details of at least one leading member in the London Greek Cypriot Community that he could have contacted. I have just spoken to that person who confirmed there had been no effort by either AlJazeera or Riz Khan to contact him. This gives me every reason to state that the verbal 'fob off' by Mr Khan at the end of the item, about having made efforts to contact representatives of the Greek Cypriot comunity is an out and out LIE!


Koggvos | November 14, 2007
@Grokked - Riz stated very clearly that the program had approached the Greek Cypriots to take part in the programme but had no response, no doubt they will get 18 minutes of uninterrupted airtime when they return the call.


grokked | November 13, 2007
Having just seen the Riz Khan item which he pre-publicised with the 1 minute slot item asking whether, given all the other problems afflicting the world, the world media has "forgotten about the division of Cyprus" -- the program which Riz actually produced tonight was so one-sided it was beneath contempt. I totally lost my previous high respect for Riz Khan. Rather than treating the division of Cyprus with even a modicum of fairness he offered his media slot for blatant Turkish propaganda. Didn't know Al Jazeera does "pay per slot propaganda" items for selected causes. D I S G U S T I N G !




Comments on the AlJazeera English YouTube account, page for the broadcast he eventually arranged for the "Foreign Minister" of the so-called "TRNC":
(which I will not provide the link for)

AFTER THEIR ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR HAD TWICE DELETED MY VIDEO RESPONSE TO THE RIZ KAHN ITEM

bo3of (20 minutes ago)
Hopefully, one day we will see Cyprus's unification just as we saw Germany's unification in 1990.


rasihresat (51 minutes ago)
Bla bla bla... I really dont get it. Al Jazeera refuses to what CNN, Reuters, AP and others do and for a change decided to listen to Turkish Cypriot side of the story and all of a sudden it became disgusting. Typical Geeek Cypriot crap. If you dont follow up on their side of the story, regardless of its accuracy you turn into a bad guy. Arent we all sick of it. I am.



grokked (3 hours ago)
I personally emailed Mr Khan with details of at least one leading member in the London Greek Cypriot Community that he could have contacted. I have spoken to that person who confirmed there had been no effort by either AlJazeera or Riz Khan to contact him. This gives me every reason to state that the verbal 'fob off' by Mr Khan at the end of the item, about having made efforts to contact representatives of the Greek Cypriot comunity is an out and out LIE!


annarboriter (3 hours ago)
Yeah, so when greek representatives choose not to attend a discussion, it becomes disgusting propaganda. Only in a greek nationalist mind, grokked.
In the meantime the longstanding favoritism played by Europe towards Greece continues to worsen the situation. Ever since Greece was let into the EU, Greeks have been on the teat of the rest of Europe have have no reason to get off while promoting the animosity to Turkey for domestic political gain.


grokked (3 hours ago)
AlJazeera has itself highlighted Turkey's Article301 and Enlargement Commissioner has been interviewed, and Turkey fails to meet the Copenhagen Criteria BADLY! Let Turkey offer the Kurdish people in their midst the same they demand on Cyprus for Turkish Cypriots, then we can talk again. Till then this item is totally out of order.


Elefterios2 (3 hours ago)
For Riz Khan program. It is so wrong to here only one-sided of the Cyprus problem. It will be right to here the view of the Cyprus presenter (Papadopoulos) and the opinion of the people of Cyprus. In this interview we herd only the Turkish side the ones how are responsible for the invasion and occupation of Cyprus.


msgg81 (4 hours ago)
Divided as its human stubbornness not to sit down and resolve the issue once and for all


grokked (4 hours ago)
The program Riz Khan produced was so one-sided it is beneath contempt. Rather than treating the division of Cyprus with even a modicum of fairness he offered his media slot for blatant Turkish propaganda. Didn't know Al Jazeera does "pay per slot propaganda" items for selected causes. DISGUSTING !



Comments on the AlJazeera English YouTube account, page for the Riz Khan 1 minute video asking for comments:
(which I will not provide the link for)


grokked (13 hours ago)
Having just seen the Riz Khan item for which this 1 minute slot item was a preparation -- I totally lost my previous high respect for Riz Khan. Rather than treating the item with any fairness, he offered his media slot for blatant Turkish propaganda. Disgusting!

grokked (1 week ago)
Numerous comments here testify to how badly the world has forgotten Turkey's invasion and continuing occupation which led to the division of Cyprus, and in its 'diplomatic way' even the EU has swept aside the issue of invasion and continuing occupation, dealing instead with lifting the embargo on Cyprus ships entering Turkey's ports!