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In response to "The Egyptian Hilton is currently confiscating journalist materials (notes, cameras, etc) on behalf of the gov't." by Name Withheld By Request

it sounds very rough for journalists right now. Have read multiple reports of journos being assaulted. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Feb 3 '11, 08:08

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Yes, a Spanish correspondent has been assaulted, he's just telling it in our telly via phone. Pretty terrifying story. -- nm - celedhring Feb 3, 08:23
I'm following three Canadian journo Twitter feeds where the last notice was that they were being detained two hours ago. No word since. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:09 13
- Tweets just going out about these journolists. They were held in captivity for three hours. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:27
- The Egyptians don't *get* world media, do they. -- nm - Reagen Feb 3, 08:14 6
  - Well, all the old tropes are coming out as the grip of power is being clinged too. "Propaganda", Israeli spys, etc. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:18
  - apparently they are blaming media for fanning the flames, or something. - loosilu Feb 3, 08:18 4
    - Which, there might be some fairness to that comment in a strange way. One Cdn journo commented yesteday that many people felt that as soon as the... - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:20 3
      - PS: That said, I'm not sayng the attacks on journos is at all right. Or that the propaganda isn't exaggerating. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:22 2
        
        We can all agree that it's morally wrong. It's also really stupid, for PR reasons. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:24 1
        
        Well, if they think that the rest of the world isn't really going to do much about it, they don't rightly care about PR, right? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 08:26
- a CBC cameraman was beaten and swarmed yesterday - heard he's in rough shape. -- (link) - Andie Feb 3, 08:13 3
  - says in the article he is very shaken but no major injuries (thank goodness). The article also lists many other attacks on journos. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:17 2
    - well, on the news this morning, they reported him as taken to hospital later. *shrug* -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 08:18 1
      - sounds terrifying, either way. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:19
- A reporter on NPR said her group was attacked and beaten until soldiers intervened. -- nm - loosilu Feb 3, 08:10

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