The Mistakes of Politis

We have been positive about the presence of Politis in Stravaraland's media from the beginning but that does not mean that Politis does not make mistakes. In its Sunday edition, there were two major ones that one could spot if they read carefully the two articles that were published simultaneously in both Politis and Phileleptheros.

The first one was a letter by outgoing AKEL MP Takis Hadjigeorgiou. The title in the correct version of the letter (published in Phil) was «Στη Λευκωσία υπάρχει ένα εργοστάσιο που παράγει φόβο» translated as “In Lefkosia there is a factory that produces fear”. The same letter was published in Politis on the same day entitled as «Λευκωσία: το εργοστάσιο που παράγει φόβο» translated as “Lefkosia: the factory that produces fear”. The difference in interpretation is dramatic since in the first instance there is only one factory somewhere in Lefkosia that produces fear whereas in the second instance the implication is that the whole of Lefkosia is a factory that produces fear, a much more sinister description of reality.

The second letter was one from Nikolas Papadopoulos (of Tassos) addressed to Papapetrou, and arguing that Papapetrou was being arrogant and curt towards Nikolas. The Phil letter was entitled very kindly as «Πρός κ. Μιχάλη Παπαπέτρου» whereas the Politis letter was entitled «Πρός κ. Μίχο», which immediately negates the point of the letter since a curt/arrogant letter cannot credibly accuse someone of being curt/arrogant.

We think Politis has been a positive addition to media in Stravaraland. Nevertheless, actions like this, that seem to be intentional and not “the press demon”, the customary excuse, reduce the credibility of the paper. Hopefully, the editor of Politis will take note that objectivity is not sacrificed to support other goals, however noble those might be.
Otherwise, the paper will lose its very hard-earned credibility...

originally posted by Apodimos Kypreos