Positively imbecilic
A great surprise for many hacks throughout the sandlands who erroneously believed their profession to be about reporting the truth, providing information, and exposing injustice and wrongdoing.
Apparently their job is actually to "project a positive and true image of the country", according Youssef Al Hassan of the Emirates Institute of Diplomacy:
"Hassan said media and the ministry are responsible for projecting a positive image of the UAE and there should be some kind of cooperation between them to carry out the duty. The seminar also discussed weak points in the UAE media. “We need more transparency in our media and we should know what is the exact image we want to deliver to others about us,” Hassan said."
Hassan, journalists couldn't care less about the "exact image" you want to project. That's not their job. It's your job and the job of your
PR companies and spin-men. It's the media's job to cut through your crap and find the dark rot behind the diamanté exterior. So if the media doesn't swallow your spin, bad luck.
There's always Emirates Today.