CAIRO: The continued error-filled reporting being promulgated by Egypt's state media has activists and protesters across the country angry and frustrated. “I had to go and turn off the television at a cafe just down the street because of the lies state television was telling the people,” Ahmed, a protester, told Bikyamasr.com in between sprinting toward the front line on Magles el-Shaab street throwing rocks. State television in Egypt is known for spinning a story that has little to do with the reality on the ground. On Friday, the editorial bias was in full force, with presenters telling the nation that security was not present at the Cabinet, where hundreds of protesters were attacked by military police in the early morning hours and clashes began. On top of the Cabinet building, a group of plainclothes men, who activists told Bikyamasr.com were “obviously from the army or police,” were throwing large stones onto protesters below, hitting dozens and seriously wounding protesters. State television told Egyptians that the the men above the Cabinet building were not security, but instead protesters attempting to attack the military and security “protecting the Cabinet.” Alaa, a 22-year-old protester, who said he has been on the frontlines of every battle “for the revolution” since January 28, told Bikyamasr.com “that we have to fight against the rocks and bullets from the army and also the media, who keep telling lies to the people because they don't want the people to see the truth.” That truth is that at least one person has been killed on Friday and scores more injured from the rocks and live ammunition being directed at what had been a peaceful sit-in at the Cabinet building until earlier in the day. In October, state television was instrumental in galvanizing conservative Muslims to take to the street “to defend the army from Christians attacking” at the television headquarters, also called Maspero, where 27 people were killed when the army opened fire on a peaceful march and ran over demonstrators with armored vehicles. On Friday, as protesters maintained their positions, with rocks being thrown in their direction and ricochets hitting bystanders, the wounded keeps increasing. But state television is delivering a military protected version of the events, which has left millions in the dark to the actual on-the-ground reality of what is occurring in the streets around the cabinet. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/8aOvI No related posts. Tags: featured, Occupy Cabinet, Protests, SCAF, State TV, Violence Section: Egypt, Latest News, Media
