Minister of Information Osama Heikal denied all rumors about state TV calling for citizens to go down to the streets to defend the Egyptian army during the Maspiro clashes. “There were professional errors during the coverage of the Maspiro clashes, but there was no incitement for violence. I have my own statement to make, which I will announce later in the report released by the committee formed outside the Television network to investigate the tapes,” he said. Closing of the TV network gate, the inability to cover media, withholding information and the chaos of the clashes contributed to the occurrence of such errors, Heikal said in a phone call to ‘10:00 P.M.' TV program, hosted by Mona el-Shazly yesterday. He said he made a phone call with many other channels to ensure the state TV doesn't know who shot at the protestors and the army. “We need to understand the truth to find out who is manipulating Egypt,” he said. “Why would we leave truth behind about the clashes and antagonize state TV?”
