The Qatari-owned media company
Al-Jazeera saw 22 members of its staff in Egypt resign on Monday over what they
allege was “biased coverage” of the events that unfolded in Cairo last week.
Al-Jazeera correspondent
Haggag Salama was among those who resigned, accusing the station of “airing
lies and misleading viewers,” Gulf News reported Monday.
Former anchor Karem Mahmoud
said he left because of “biased coverage.”
“I felt that there were errors
in the way the coverage was done, especially that now in Egypt we are going
through a critical phase that requires a lot of auditing in terms of what gets
broadcasted,” he told Al Arabiya. “My colleagues have also resigned for the
same reason.”
“The management in Doha
provokes sedition among the Egyptian people and has an agenda against Egypt and
other Arab countries,” Mahmoud told Gulf News.
He added that the channel’s
management would instruct staff members to favor the Muslim Brotherhood.
Journalist Abdel Latif
el-Menawy, who was head of the Egypt News Center under ex-president Hosni
Mubarak, said that Al-Jazeera was a “propaganda channel” for the Brotherhood.
“Al Jazeera turned itself into
a channel for the Muslim Brotherhood group,” el-Menawy told Al Arabiya. “They
are far away from being professional. When the Muslim Brotherhood collapsed,
they continued to play the role.”
The network made headlines on
Sunday when it called for the release of two staff members who reportedly were
detained in its Cairo office earlier last week during a raid by the Egyptian
military.
By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times, Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Jim,
ResponderExcluirO jornalismo, principalmente o ocidental, não tem acesso fácil ao islamismo fundamentalista, como é o caso da "Irmandade Islâmica".
A "Rede Al-Jazeera", apesar de ir ao ar em árabe, segue padrões jornalísticos ocidentais, uma vez que tem sua sede em Doha, no Qatar.
Assim, amigo, para conseguir centímetros de informação fidedigna desse setor fechado do islamismo radical paga o preço de ter que criar matérias que, de certa forma, são favoráveis a essas organizações eclesiásticas islamofascistas. Daí as declarações de el-Menawy dizendo que "a Al Jazeera havia se tornado um canal de propaganda da Irmandade Islâmica no Egito, que está longe de atuar profissionalmente, etc".
Foi assim que, durante muito tempo a Al Jazeera foi a única organização midiática a divulgar ao mundo as imagens e mensagens da Al-Qaeda e de Osama bin Laden do Afeganistão e do Paquistão.
Um abraço.
Francisco Vianna