But I agree, they should provide more coverage of the really horrific accidents.
I also think it would be useful to publish weekly/monthly stats of road accidents (injured-vs-dead, age groups, gender, nationality, etc.). Again -- just to keep it in the public's eye and on their mind.
But if you notice, newspapers here don't like publishing news that in any way causes Qatar to appear negatively. So we don't hear much about the assaults and rapes and break-ins that happen. I find it funny because the lack of news reporting simply fuels the community gossip mill here, and then the authorities get all out of sorts that people subscribe to so much misinformation. But if they don't report on events, people will resort to relying upon word of mouth for their news about what is REALLY happening in the country.
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary."
- David Sedaris
But I agree, they should provide more coverage of the really horrific accidents.
I also think it would be useful to publish weekly/monthly stats of road accidents (injured-vs-dead, age groups, gender, nationality, etc.). Again -- just to keep it in the public's eye and on their mind.
But if you notice, newspapers here don't like publishing news that in any way causes Qatar to appear negatively. So we don't hear much about the assaults and rapes and break-ins that happen. I find it funny because the lack of news reporting simply fuels the community gossip mill here, and then the authorities get all out of sorts that people subscribe to so much misinformation. But if they don't report on events, people will resort to relying upon word of mouth for their news about what is REALLY happening in the country.
"If you're looking for sympathy, you'll find it between sh*t and syphilis in the dictionary."
- David Sedaris