Magazines in TRNC - which ones to read

kibsolar


Joined: 14/09/2008
Posts: 552

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 16:51

As you might have noticed by now, here in TRNC there is a huge load of weekly & monthly magazines.

Now the question of the day: Which ones do you REALY read? Which ones are Worth buying?? Honest answers appreciated! Thank you, I think we all wonder what the answers will be...

kibsolar


Joined: 14/09/2008
Posts: 552

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 17:16

any more than "just not read"?? NCM? Cyprus Living? Property NC? None? Answers please...

TimothyCadman


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Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 17:30

I tend to agree with PtePike. (Not often I do that!). There is no real news in any of them, or they are just propoganda pages for certain Construction Companies.

kibsolar


Joined: 14/09/2008
Posts: 552

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 17:36

where is ptepike post gonne? I could read it 3 minutes ago, now its gonne.. İzzet? What was wrong with it? His sentence of "no free press in TRNC"? Dont delete such posts because then you are part of it! There is nothing wrong about that. Its his opineon.

PtePike



Joined: 20/05/2008
Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 17:58

Censorship even extends to TRNC BBs never mind - I can make my point even better now:



Reporters without Borders placed North Cyprus 53rd in press freedom

Turkish daily Todays Zaman newspaper (23.10.08) reports the following:

Journalists in Turkey enjoy less press freedom than 102 other countries in the world, a media rights group said Wednesday.



The Paris-based Reporters without Borders said Turkey was ranked 103rd in its global press freedom index, which it released yesterday. Last year Turkey ranked 101st on the same list. Reporters Without Borders has also severely criticized Ankara for the level of press freedom in the country, citing with particular concern the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink by a nationalist gunman in January 2007. Its current rating puts Turkey behind countries like Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Mali, Liberia, Tanzania and Madagascar. The group also rated Turkish Cyprus, placing it 53rd in this year's global index of press freedom.

karakum5c



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Message Posted:
06/11/2008 17:59

If a posting is a blatant lie and offensive then it should be removed.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
06/11/2008 18:00

Whoever hacked in and removed my post - it just makes you look desperate to hide the truth.

PtePike



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Message Posted:
06/11/2008 18:01

karakum5c: "If a posting is a blatant lie and offensive then it should be removed."



Care to be a bit more specific?

kibsolar


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Posts: 552

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 18:05

so which magaiznes can we read here?

PtePike



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Message Posted:
06/11/2008 18:18

kibsolar,



I tried my best to help you! It depends what you are looking for in a magazine. As someone who works in the media I'd say none of them are very good and some are appalling. A lot of that's due to the fact that no trained journalists or fetaure writers are prepared to work for the money offered in the TRNC. So you get amateurs advertising stuff.

jacktheladett


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 528

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 20:38

Sorry P.Pike. there are trained journo's and feature writers here.



Most magazine's here are 'browsers,' mainly for light reading. I thought Cyprus Living - which is better than most - was the only one you had to pay for, all the rest should be complimentary.

johnboy


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 170

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 20:41

Bird fanciers weekly - Smashing !

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 20:41

Pike "As someone who works in the media "



On which street corner are you selling the Big Issue these days? ;¬)

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 20:45

This thread makes me laugh, Grouch will have to meet up for a beer sometime, you are a man (I think) after my own heart.

AJ

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 21:08

Groucho: "On which street corner are you selling the Big Issue these days? ;¬)"



Hey, don't knock it. Big Issue pays top whack to contributing writers so I'm not complaining. One of the few magazines to do so.

PtePike



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Posts: 2334

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 21:18

jacktheladette: "Sorry P.Pike. there are trained journo's and feature writers here."



Seriously? People who are NCTJ-accredited or have completed a recognised degree or course in journalism, followed by real experience? Please tell me who they are, as I've never heard of any. Sub-editor's blue pencil for the misplaced apostrophe, BTW. ;-)

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
06/11/2008 23:23

Pike is there anything you like in the TRNC?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
06/11/2008 23:30

Not all men are annoying. Some are dead.

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
07/11/2008 01:03

So girls........



What's the difference between Vogue, Cosmopolitan and My Weekly?



Well, Cosmopolitan will tell you how to have an orgasm!



Vogue will tell you how to have one in style!











And My Weekly will tell you how to knit one!



Boom! Boom!



Lem

kibsolar


Joined: 14/09/2008
Posts: 552

Message Posted:
07/11/2008 17:01

so non to read..