The Egyptian edition of the Daily Star has edited a picture of a Kefaya demonstrator in its 19 December print issue, that showed on the frontpage.
The newspaper, it seems, carefully blurred the anti-Mubarak writings on the Kefaya demonstrator’s poster.
The Daily Star Egypt has to present an explanation for this, or just merge their company with Rosa el-Youssef seeing their level of professionalism is increasingly becoming the same.
A roundup of the regional cyber-crackdown last year.
From the Daily Star Egypt:
Members of the country’s blogging community have said there is a marked increase in the arrests and detainment of online writers expressing their views on religion and society.
Bloggers are being increasingly targeted by state authorities because they provide truthful accounts on events in contrast to state-owned media and press outlets, which often tend to distort the real story, blogger and journalist Hossam El-Hamalawy said.
“In today s Egypt, many journalists and reporters read the blogs before monitoring Egyptian press and media to find out what is happening in the country.