media
Military to form committee to provide ‘true information’ to the media
Egypt
January 16, 2012
Military to form committee to provide ‘true information’ to the media
Egypt’s military leader Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has ordered the formation of a committee of high-ranking army generals tasked with…
Demonstration to purge state media of corruption
Egypt
January 15, 2012
Demonstration to purge state media of corruption
Scores of protesters on Sunday marched from Tahrir Square to the state TV building in Maspero to demand the dismissal…
Egypt’s new war of information
Opinion
January 7, 2012
Egypt’s new war of information
The war of information in Egypt — one that has been at the heart of this revolution since its inception — is…
The battle for Maspero
Egypt
January 4, 2012
The battle for Maspero
As 2011 comes to an end, Egypt’s state media continues to act as the ruling regime’s mouthpiece, despite calls for…
Q&A Noam Chomsky: Dictatorships, US relations & state propaganda
Egypt
December 28, 2011
Q&A Noam Chomsky: Dictatorships, US relations & state propaganda
A darling of the left, Noam Chomsky is well-known for his articulate criticisms of US foreign policy. The American intellectual…
Looking to consolidate its influence, Brotherhood takes to the media
Egypt
December 27, 2011
Looking to consolidate its influence, Brotherhood takes to the media
In a spacious newsroom divided by pillars, reporters, focused on their computers, sit at a round table. Around the corner,…
Rights group blasts state TV for inciting violence
Egypt
December 22, 2011
Rights group blasts state TV for inciting violence
Official news outlets have incited violence and hatred, and have misled the public, the Association of Freedom of Thought and…
A street pulse: Qasr al-Aini events through the eyes of non-protesters
Egypt
December 22, 2011
A street pulse: Qasr al-Aini events through the eyes of non-protesters
Critics of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) have accused it of imposing its narrative on the recent…
Journalists protest detentions, death threats
Egypt
December 18, 2011
Journalists protest detentions, death threats
Several reporters protested in front of the Journalists Syndicate in downtown Cairo on Sunday against the imprisonment of reporters for publishing…
Q & A with the Information Minister: State TV is not immune to making mistakes
Egypt
November 26, 2011
Q & A with the Information Minister: State TV is not immune to making mistakes
Al-Masry Al-Youm sat with Minister of Information Osama Heikal in an interview conducted in conjunction with New Yorker magazine. The interview took…