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| | Tash Ma Tash: A Barometer of Self-Criticism |
 | | Over the years, a number of topics have been dealt with on the show; some of them include poor public services, problems in public and private hospitals, the use of wasta (influence) to get things done, bad roads, unemployment, STC’s monopoly, the failings of bureaucracy and so on. |
 | | The local press was flooded with articles, by both conservatives and ultraconservatives, criticizing the Tash Ma Tash team and accusing them of being corrupt, secular and trying to tarnish the Kingdom’s Islamic culture. |
 | | Storms are surely ahead for Tash Ma Tash but the show has proven one thing: We do not like self-criticism. |
| www.arabnews.com /?page=7§ion=0&article=53889&d=3&m=11&y=2004 (788 words) |
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