state media
Journalists Syndicate disputes Brotherhood attacks on state media
Egypt
May 17, 2012
Journalists Syndicate disputes Brotherhood attacks on state media
The Journalists Syndicate has rejected accusations from Freedom and Justice Party MPs that state-owned newspapers are corrupt. A statement issued…
Information minister bans Abu Ismail from appearing on state TV
Egypt
May 4, 2012
Information minister bans Abu Ismail from appearing on state TV
Osama Kamal, the presenter of “The Capital's Club” talk show on Egyptian state TV, said Thursday that Information Minister Ahmed…
Information Minister confirms media neutrality toward presidential candidates
Egypt
April 26, 2012
Information Minister confirms media neutrality toward presidential candidates
Information Minister Ahmed Anis said that state-run media is committed to neutrality, justice and transparency in the media coverage of…
202 firearms seized, 23 fugitives arrested in security campaign, state news says
Egypt
April 1, 2012
202 firearms seized, 23 fugitives arrested in security campaign, state news says
In coordination with security departments, the Ministry of Interior has launched a security campaign to arrest suspects and fugitives and…
Russian TV takes off gloves in election battle
World
March 3, 2012
Russian TV takes off gloves in election battle
Denouncing opposition figures as agents of the West and portraying Russia as a country under siege, pro-Kremlin television has had…
Maspero employees protest military control
Egypt
February 8, 2012
Maspero employees protest military control
Dozens of employees at Maspero, the state TV and radio headquarters, held a protest outside the building on Wednesday. They…
Statement by political groups demands earlier presidential elections
Egypt
January 29, 2012
Statement by political groups demands earlier presidential elections
A joint statement by 27 Egyptian political groups on Sunday demanded that the presidential elections be pushed forward from June…
Activist Alaa Abd El Fattah accuses Egyptian state TV of systematic lying
Egypt
January 28, 2012
Activist Alaa Abd El Fattah accuses Egyptian state TV of systematic lying
Egyptian television has exercised a “systematic strategy” to tell lies throughout its news coverage and persistently tarnishes the image of…
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…