Comments on: Cockcroach Grabs the Limelight http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Global Voices Online » Turkmenistan: Gifts for Turkmenbashi http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36214 Global Voices Online » Turkmenistan: Gifts for Turkmenbashi Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:52:44 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36214 [...] reflects on the article from the Moscow-based monthly ‘Turkmenistan’, which describes the Museum of [...] […] reflects on the article from the Moscow-based monthly ‘Turkmenistan’, which describes the Museum of […]

]]> By: turkmenistan.neweurasia.net » Cockroaches and websites’ credibility http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36177 turkmenistan.neweurasia.net » Cockroaches and websites’ credibility Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:43:12 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36177 [...] Perhaps the author is right and the cockroach incident never happened. Indeed, it is quite annoying that Turkmenistan’s main claims to fame are funny or preposterous events that the world media pick up gladly (CXW has already brought up this issue on our blog). [...] […] Perhaps the author is right and the cockroach incident never happened. Indeed, it is quite annoying that Turkmenistan’s main claims to fame are funny or preposterous events that the world media pick up gladly (CXW has already brought up this issue on our blog). […]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Turkmenistan: TV Appearance with Consequences http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36067 Global Voices Online » Turkmenistan: TV Appearance with Consequences Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:00:56 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36067 [...] reports that a cockroach’s five minutes of fame led to the sacking of 30 people from Turkmen State [...] […] reports that a cockroach’s five minutes of fame led to the sacking of 30 people from Turkmen State […]

]]> By: ResidentinTKM http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36055 ResidentinTKM Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:12:53 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2008/02/22/cockcroach-grabs-the-limelight/#comment-36055 I'm a foreigner resident in Turkmenistan. I watched the broadcasts of Watan news in early February and there was no sign of any cockroach. I have many local acquaintances who watch Watan regularly and nobody has seen the cockroach. In fact, after probing, NO ONE I can find in the country has seen the cockroach. Perhaps that's why chrono-tm website story does not even give an exact date when this allegedly happened. Because it probably did not. In fact, as I ask around about the cockroach no one has even heard that it was reported abroad or at all. Most people are suprised because they know that surely they would have heard about that mistake on air. They talk about and discuss other things that go wrong on broadcasts, but no one's seen this one for themselves. The President's firings are always public and widely announced. Not in this case, because it probably never happened. If it really happned, surely it would be on 'youtube' by now. But it's not. Sadly, the opposition websites run by exiles abroad (exiled for good reason, no doubt) but who have little access to Turkmenistan, are doing themselves no favors by posting totally unsubstantiated stories. This is the most ridiculous unsubstantiated story that I've seen from them in months. Instead they should seek to report on things that they can substantiate. Or clearly state what is rumor or hearsay. I’m a foreigner resident in Turkmenistan. I watched the broadcasts of Watan news in early February and there was no sign of any cockroach. I have many local acquaintances who watch Watan regularly and nobody has seen the cockroach. In fact, after probing, NO ONE I can find in the country has seen the cockroach. Perhaps that’s why chrono-tm website story does not even give an exact date when this allegedly happened. Because it probably did not.

In fact, as I ask around about the cockroach no one has even heard that it was reported abroad or at all. Most people are suprised because they know that surely they would have heard about that mistake on air. They talk about and discuss other things that go wrong on broadcasts, but no one’s seen this one for themselves.

The President’s firings are always public and widely announced. Not in this case, because it probably never happened.

If it really happned, surely it would be on ‘youtube’ by now. But it’s not.

Sadly, the opposition websites run by exiles abroad (exiled for good reason, no doubt) but who have little access to Turkmenistan, are doing themselves no favors by posting totally unsubstantiated stories. This is the most ridiculous unsubstantiated story that I’ve seen from them in months. Instead they should seek to report on things that they can substantiate. Or clearly state what is rumor or hearsay.

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