On 29 February, News Central Asia website edited by the Pakistanis, published Tariq Saeedi’s piece wherein he harshly criticized Internet sites for reprinting the news announced by the Turkmenistan Chronicles. The news concerned alleged mass dismissals from the Turkmen TV, caused by a cockroach that supposedly crawled across the table during the news transmission. […]

The Western mainstream media are not exactly known for their comprehensive, well-informed and balanced reporting of events in many parts of the world, and, unsurprisingly, stories from Turkmenistan are no exception; there’s got to be something a little exotic, dare I say even bizarre, for a story to warrant interest (supplying humanitarian aid is […]