Journalism has to do with broadcasting or writing news. It’s formal and a profession. We did nothing of the sort. Neither me nor DB introduced ourselves as journalists, so it goes without saying that your criticism will be waived as ill-informed, if not irrelevant. You obviously don’t seem to understand the purpose of this podcast, nor do you really understand much of the people who took part in it (bloggers, not journalists.) I don’t blame you, as this is not the first time you offer criticism without first educating yourself on the background of its subjects. More and more often, you seem to disagree and criticize others merely for the sake of it. How wasteful of your energy.

Having an informal chat with students, out of curiosity, is not a form of journalism. It’s about opinion, it’s about our culture the way we personally see it, it’s about us. Me, DB, and the students. Not your opinions, as you weren’t there, and not the whole of society, which we did not claim to represent, and not journalism, as this was far from a journalistic experience.

So, please, stop wasting our time and yours. Make an effort next time to know who and what you are criticizing, and offer a real opinion that makes sense and is justified by what we actually talked about in the podcast, instead of flailing your arms and whining about everything within this website for the sheer sake of disagreement.

Elinor, thanks dear! I hope you’ll join us for next time.

Less spoonfeeding, and a fairer ground. (y)

And you can stop being defensive.

Nope. If you don’t justify your opinion, I will ask for clarification. I see no reason why I shouldn’t react to your comment.

but only because it was single sided and strongly opinionated at the same time.

I am not sure what is so unclear about the terms “personal opinion.” Personal implies that you speak from your own experiences and express your own perspectives on things. This was a personal podcast. This is not representative of the entire Arab world, who said it is? Therefore, seeing as it is personal and with few members involved, of course it is biased, it is incorrect to assume otherwise.

Factually inexact, regarding the Media, and about disregarding the most commonly practiced political ideology in the Arab world.

And you can stop being defensive. When I said biased, it wasn’t because it was strongly opinionated, but only because it was single sided and strongly opinionated at the same time.

Can’t find “next time” where is it ?