The situation in Egypt is being talked about constantly in the news. The immediacy of live-feeds from the news and people constantly updating the internet makes it nearly unavoidable.
Just Googling “Egypt” comes up with over 700 realtime updates on it. It might be even higher tomorrow.
http://www.egyptdailynews.com/ - this website I found to be very helpful. It is basically just links to other news stories about Egypt, it is being updated constantly with new stories marked “New,” I also found an interesting story through this site regarding the tourism issues now in Egypt that have arisen from the protests. The story is from Yahoo news, and the link is here, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110214/lf_afp/egyptpoliticsunresttourism_20110214181735. It was definitely an aspect of things I did not even consider until seeing this website.
There is also concern for the Middle East as a whole due to the protests. While Egypt is pushing for more democracy other countries are displeased with the movement. I can understand the United States’ concern with this, given their already rocky relationship with most of the Middle East as it is. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/does-the-new-dawn-in-egyp_b_823087.html this story gave a very good analysis of the situation at hand.
Finally, the most coverage is about the youth protestors and their concern for their futures, this story http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/13/egypts-military-rulers-dissolve-parliament-suspend-constitution-protests/ and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703584804576143824048718898.html this story, both explain the desire for cooperation the protest leaders desire but want progress for their country. I could be wrong, but it seems like there isn’t a lot of “politics” being talked about in this, by that I mean different political parties in the US arguing about what to do about Egypt. It appears a lot of it is straight reportage of facts about occurrences in the country and reactions around the world and speculation of what is to come and how it may affect us.
I began my research on the issues in Egypt at the trusty Huffington Post. Since this is the main site where I get my news, I knew the Egypt coverage was very prominent here. The HuffPost organizes the news coverage on Egypt in (what I think) is a very organized manner. It has been their cover story for some time now, with the exception of Sunday, when they put the Grammy ad on the front page. Today's coverage is the fact that CBS correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted by a mob in Tahrir Sqaure while doing a piece for 60 Minutes. The HuffPost responded to this incident by pulling a quote from the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights that stated that journalists who do work in Egypt suffer from discrimination, and female journalists are sexually assaulted. It is pieces like this that I think the HuffPost is one of the top sites when it comes to news coverage. They have many links for more stories and videos on Egypt as well as the current status of Logan's condition. The link to this page is:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/lara-logan-suffered-bruta_n_823677.html. Aside from obvious reasons, this story is important because the events in Egypt have now hurt one of our own reporters, someone who was simply trying to do her job.
The next website I found very helpful in Egypt coverage was CNN.com. I must say that prior to today, Egypt was the top story on the home page of the site. But today, it is not. There is a small section on the home page dedicated to "Middle East Protests", but I was surprised to find that it was not the main story. I am let down by the current selections on CNN's home page, which include: "Meeting the Swimsuit Cover Model" from Sports Illustrated, "Janet Jackson's Memories of Michael", and a story about a "Klepto Kitty". That's not the home page I thought they would go with. Prior to today today, though, CNN was helpful with many videos and links of Egypt coverage. The link is: http://www.cnn.com/.
The final website I looked at was NPR.com. I don't visit this website often, but I was pleasantly surprised with their news coverage. Egypt coverage was on the home page, and I found the articles to be well-organized and complete with maps of The Arab World. The link to the page is: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/133774910/imitators-of-egyptian-protesters-may-be-disappointed. This article brought up a point that I had not yet thought of when it comes to the Egyptian protests: Egyptians revolting may spark other countries to see the results of their protests and follow suit. When people see that their actions get the results that they desired, they are likely to disobey authority again. It's a scary thought.
As for the media's coverage in Egypt, I think it is clear to see from Lara Logan and Anderson Cooper's attacks, that American journalists are unwelcome. Where do we draw the line when it comes to sending our own over to Egpyt in hopes of a good news story? Is it fair for our reporters to suffer injuries when they did nothing wrong? Should we respect the fact that our journalists are unwelcome on their turf?
One of the most widely talked-about issues during the past few weeks has been the ongoing crisis in Egypt. This has only recently begun to slow down and start to be resolved. Nonetheless there are ongoing efforts to track what is happening in the still-unstable country. Even now there are still reports coming in about people being attacked or people who are still missing after the rioting.
The first place that I can see ongoing coverage coming from is AOL.com. This is simply due to my subscription to their instant messaging application and as such it has become my homepage. AOL, although popular, is not the first place that I would look for decent news coverage about important issues. Despite its constantly updated status, the crisis in Egypt is forced into the background behind stories that deal with celebrity lives and ways to stay young and fit. Even if a reader were to click on a story relating to the details of the Egyptian crisis, no other news feed appears in order to support it. Scrolling down from the current story of “Lara Logan of CBS News Was Attacked and Sexually Assaulted in Egypt” the only link to be found relating to the crisis is all the way at the bottom of the page and details about Mubarak’s resignation, a full four days ago. And this link doesn’t even take precedent as it is listed behind a trailer for a new kid’s movie and the winners at the Grammy Awards.
From there I moved onto the Huffington Post, an already well-known and accredited news source. Here, the major issues are not pushed aside so that way people can ignore them and pretend that they aren’t happening. No, the issues are in your face and practically scream “look at me!” This is aided by the large picture and caption adorning the majority of the top of the homepage. A simple search through the rest of the site offers any reader more information about what is currently happening. For those who need some quick help there’s a little “About Egypt” box right below the biggest headlines to give a brief overview of what has happened and how it has led up to this point. Overall the Huffington Post is a far more reputable source to get information from than AOL where you’re more likely to be bombarded by advertisements rather than with news that is relevant that should be known and understood.
After the Huffington Post, I wandered on over to the site for CNN, since it’s always on during dinnertime and I have almost no choice but to watch it while I eat down in the cafeteria. Just a simple click over to the “World” section of their site offers readers an entire section dedicated to the crisis in Egypt. Although it is not directly in the headlines, the box entitled “Egypt: Sights and Sounds” offers multiple reports and videos for the crisis. Just the first page of the feature is so full that the earliest it can be traced is to earlier today. A full seven pages are dedicated just to Egypt. The only downside to this extensive feed is that a lot of the reports are repeated over and over with different people reporting on them. Other than this however, the feed is extensive in scope and covered very well, no doubt due to the numerous resources that CNN is endowed with.
It seems that overall, the media did a pretty decent job of working with what they were given even when their own people were being threatened and their lives were at stake.
I got most of my Egypt coverage from the Huff Post. They have great photos and slide shows, and I liked the real time feeds that were updated with new information came in. Having pictures, text and videos all on the same page made it really easy to digest.
Aljazeera is written in unintelligible scribbles, but Aljazeera English has some good stuff. They have a bunch of in depth features that are interesting and most of the reporters are from the region. It's cool to be able to get a local perspective. They have a twitter feed on the side of their page, which is important because a lot of the protests were organized with Facebook and twitter.
I checked Fox News when I wanted "the sky is falling" analysis. They had more interviews with people who were looking at the protests with a US centric view. They were mostly concerned with the negative effects of instability in the region.
There was so much stuff out there that I think the media did a fine job of covering the event from all perspectives. There was way more information than I could ever read. I'm sure the media played some role in getting people pumped to protest, but I doubt it had much effect once the people were gathered on the ground. The media will probably play a bigger role now that Mubarak is gone and the more complex process of forming a new government begins.
I got my Egypt news from a combination of the Huffington Post, social media, and blogging sites, mainly Twitter and the blogging site Tumblr. The internet was, and still is, full of information and resources.
For straight and thorough news coverage, I used Huffington Post. Egypt was almost always their main headline, so it stood out. The news stories covered the events well and clearly, and dealt with many aspects of the situation. It's very good coverage and a very reputable source.
Although Tumblr wasn't always quite as news-oriented, it was a good resource. Because of the way it's set up, users shared a lot of information in different ways. Users can also "reblog" posts, so pictures and information spread through the site quickly. Tumblr was, in a way, able to combine coverage from all other sites by posting links from news sites, blog posts, and pictures from various sources. Tumblr users posted everything from screenshots of things from Twitter (http://insideoutnight.tumblr.com/post/3077777168/brothers) and other photos (http://brmch.tumblr.com/post/2981109376/reports-are-coming-out-that-the-gas-canisters-that) to more personal accounts of events and appeals to people (http://sophpoph.tumblr.com/post/3026395200/urgent-message-from-activist-in-egypt-please-repost-if, http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/2978324740/for-those-of-you-in-the-u-s-who-want-to-do-something). Tumblr users also added their opinion to some of the posts, and as a result some people were critical of some of the comments and coverage (http://afternoonsnoozebutton.com/post/3071655041/the-only-democracy-that-has-emerged-when-you-see). They were also able to add some humor and pop culture to the commentary and coverage (http://aaronbleyaert.tumblr.com/post/3057809195, http://palkon.tumblr.com/post/3020875038). Tumblr even had a complete breakdown of the events (http://genderbitch.tumblr.com/post/2969577907/whats-happening-in-egypt-explained-updated), and site moderators asked people to tag posts so they could be easily found and shared.
Twitter did something similar, with everything from opinion and humor to more direct news, and was able to post very short summaries and links. The account BreakingNews (http://twitter.com/BreakingNews) did this throughout the protests, linking different sources the entire time for pretty complete coverage.
Side note: I saw that Natalie mentioned the treatment of American reporters. I did see something, I think on CNN, that said Mubarak supporters were telling people crazy things about Americans wanting to come in and take over, so at least in some cases, that lead the people to turn against American reporters.
In April 1989 a large group of young students and scholars took to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. There wasn't a single leader or dominant political party, but thousands came together to protest the Chinese government. Their protest soon spread out of the square to surrounding streets, then surrounding cities in China. Despite the growth of the protest, the Chinese government did their best to sway popular opinion in China. The state-run media displayed only images of dying soldiers and of military triumph, blocking the Chinese from seeing or hearing the voices of the protesters. In time their military blazed a trail through the protestors, killing those that stood in their way (of course exact death tolls were never released by the government – estimates range from the mid- hundreds to thousands). ---- In January 2011 a large group of young students and scholars took to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. There wasn't a single leader or dominant political party, but thousands came together to protest the Egyptian government, with a predominant demand for President Hosni Mubarak to resign. Their protest soon grew and spread out of the square to surrounding streets, then surrounding cities and countries. Despite the growth of the protest, the Egyptian government did their best to sway popular opinion in Egypt. For the first few weeks the state-run media was spreading a pro-Mubarak spin on the protest, describing the protestors as troublemakers and playing down the magnitude of the protest. Unlike the events in China 22 years before, the Egyptian protestors would be heard. The internet provided the protesters with a means to organize with thousands of people at a time. It also gave the people of Egypt access to the entire world’s news coverage of the protest – that is until the internet was shut down on January 27. The protest didn’t slow down though, and neither did the media coverage. New media enabled the story in Egypt to continue 24 hours a day with sites like the Huffington Post keeping an up to date page dedicated only to Egypt. Twitter feeds were littered with the hashtag #Egypt or #Mubarak. Then, when the internet in Egypt came back on February 2, activity on sites such as Twitter and Facebook boomed. Through social networks and new media the voices of the Egyptians eventually made their way back to Egypt’s state media. So, after 30 years of loyalty to Mubarak, the Al-Ahram newspaper declared its support for the protesters. Many cite this as the definitive moment in the protest – the moment Mubarak must have known he had no other choice but to leave. New media completely transformed a national social uprising into an international social uprising. For weeks I embraced the faces of a young Egyptian population and through their voices I became more involved with a protest over 5,000 miles away then I could have ever imagined. Without new media Tahrir Square may have ended up a lot like Tiananmen Square.
I got news of the crisis and turmoil in Egypt from aol.com, thehuffingpost.com, and foxnews.com. I looked at three very different sources of news and came up unfazed by what the findings had shown.
I looked to aol.com because of the recent merger it will have with thehuffingtonpost. Also, I was somewhat interested in what aol.com looks like, because I have not used it since I was in fourth/fifth grade when I needed to use it to go online to use I-M. I was sad to see, that it still hasn't change since I was 14. How aol.com does their news reminds me a lot of tabloids you see in grocery stores at the check out line. It's colorful, yet trashy. It only reports stupid nonsense. Aol.com has many a few article dealing with legtimate news. When I looked for information about the crisis in Egypt, I didnt like the fact that it would put it next to trivial, stupid articles about what mayonaise is the best to use, or what Lindsay Lohan is doing with her life. I felt it was hard to find the real news. It is too colorful that I get lost, and somehow seem to find the annoying news of celebrities. When will people learn that no one really wants to know what Justin Bieber is doing. However, when I did get to the Egypt news, they did have some coverage. Not much that I really looked at though. I wanted a legitmate source for news, but I went here just for a giggle.
Thehuffingtonpost and fox news was where I really went for news about the Egypt crisis. Thehuffpost is different from aol.com, which I still don't understand why they are going into business with each other. The post is so much more elaborate and detailed, and gears towards the news that people want to know about in the world. Sure, they still have places on their site for finding out the latest fashion, and where you can talk all you want about Kim Kardashian, but they are a great place for real news.
I like how thehuffpost has so much news. When you open to the site, news is everywhere. I scrolled down just a bit and stumbled over the article in regards to violence against women in Egypt, found it interesting, and went to it. The site is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-newcomb/blame-the-muslims-violenc_b_824008.html. I like the post because it gives you an opportunity to hear everyone's outlook on the matter of Egpyt, and doesnt just end their news reports about it once it is out of the news, like aol.com had done. In this article, I learned about the violence towards women over there. It was interesting to read.
The other interesting point of view thehuffpost showed was the state of condition of ex-president of Egpyt, is doing. In this article, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/mubarak-has-given-up-want_n_823961.html, it talks about how he has reportedly stated he wants to die at a resort, yet he had vowed to die in Egypt.
Also, from learning about the violence against women in Egypt, I learned about who Lara Logan was, and her story in this Egypt crisis.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/lara-logan-suffered-bruta_n_823677.html This article talks about her brutal attack.
I also sometimes check out foxnews.com. Here is where I learned about how the crisis in Egypt has trickled into other parts of the world. This site from fox, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/16/anti-government-protests-spread-libya/, talks about how Libya is now dealing with protests like the ones in Egypt. Though I read this site, I feel as though they are trying to emulate thehuffpost, with trying to blog.
Overall, aol.com is the first place where I would never find news if I needed to know important information. Fox news would be second. The first place I look to news is the huffpost becauset it is so easy to navigate, they have soooooooooo many investigators and bloggers talking about stories that have happened, still are going on and are always finding out more information for us to read.
Since the recent crisis in Egypt began, every source of news, from the internet to actual newspapers, have been covering it non-stop. News coverage online, on sites such as the Huffington Post, Fox News, and CNN, have been posting updates around the clock when breaking news occurs.
I started my research on the Huffington Post. I have an app for this on my phone, which has been my source for news ever since I downloaded it. I would get “real-time” updates on my phone whenever something happened. They’re updates seemed to be very close to “real-time” as could be; they always seemed to have the most updates, faster than any other news source. This story was never hidden from the front page of their website. They always put the biggest and most-talked-about stories really big and obvious on the front page, causing its audience to notice it more and read the articles and updates. They even had updates via Twitter towards the top of the page, with regards to the most recent events. Egypt now has its own page on the Huff Post website, with the tagline under its name “some news is so big it needs its own page”. Overall, this was the best and most reliable news source for the crisis that I found.
Aside from all of the criticism that goes on about them, the next site I checked was Fox News. Since they host many talk shows on television, they had many more interviews with other people and their thoughts and views on the crisis. Though this was something Huff Post did not have, Fox News did not seem to have too much of the coverage on their front page, which attracts their audience the most on the website. Fox News was not bad on their coverage, but they could have had showed more of it on their home page.
CNN was the next site that I visited. There is not much on the homepage for anything going on in Egypt anymore, though I’m sure there was much more last week. There are many videos and interviews about Egypt, like Fox News had. It seemed to have many of the same people talking about the subject, which is a downside. There are many articles on the crisis though, which could possibly make up for the previously-stated downside.
The news coverage on the Egypt crisis was pretty good from these few sites. I found the best one to be the Huffington Post because of the amount of news coverage that it had, and how it reached out to its audience for them to read the articles.
I started noticing Egypt on the news through PerezHilton (http://perezhilton.com/2010-12-22-adventures-in-egypt-part-3)actually. Over Christmas, his mom and him took a vacation there. Then barely a month later, total revolution broke out. Since then, I've been hooked on CNN, Perez and HuffPost.
I wish I would have saved some of the more ridiculous headlines on my favorites, I believe they are lost to the internet.
After PerezHilton's fabulous vacation, the country turned to hell. People are outraged by their current leader and government. Thousands of people started to come together in the name of change and revolution. The major concepts Americans have forgotten. After reports of Anderson Cooper getting beaten, cameramen, reporters, the Google guy and other attacks, America should understand- to stay out of this. It's the Arabian revolution. Possibly the Fourth Reich. Or all Arabic and Asian countries are going to rule the world for the next 300 years.
CNN and Fox news went straight to the headlines, "WHAT'S OBAMA GOING TO DO?"(http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/2011/02/01/what-should-the-white-house-do-about-egypt/_) Well, hopefully nothing major. The United States is screwing itself enough.
The Colbert Report is another one of my more commonly used new sources too. (http://www.colbertnation.com/video/tag/Egypt-%7C-international+affairs)
What is happening in Egypt is frightfully awesome. These mass protests started late January and by mid-February change is starting.
On Feb. 2, Mubarak stated that he would not step down. Feb. 11, Mubarak announces that he is stepping down. Feb. 16, Mubarak is having health problems. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/mubarak-has-given-up-want_n_823961.html)
Now, if you go to HuffPost's World tab homepage TODAY FEB 16, you'll see in quotes 'THE WORLD IS CHANGING'. Egypt protests have started a domino effect of more protests in Iran, Yemen, Libya and Sudan. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/world/)
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So have you guys heard about this whole “Egypt thing”? This question makes me wonder where everyone gets their news from today considering how many options there are. So, to make sure I don’t get too vague I’m just going to consider myself the average American…to some extent that is. I hardly ever watch the news and I occasionally read past the first page of a newspaper if it’s around. I hear random blurbs of news stories on the radio in between The Mark Madden Show and commercials trying to make my dick bigger or make my body slimmer. I watch a lot of TV and use the internet to quickly get to the things I like, and that almost always has nothing to do with current events. So how did I hear about the whole “Egypt thing?” Well, it was on Youtube.com of course! I’m one of approximately 1.5 million subscribers to Philip Defranco, or sxephil as his channel is titled, and for over 2 weeks he talked about the protests in Egypt while also showing me funny things and hot chicks. TV also helped me thanks to John Stewart and Steven Colbert who also relentlessly covered the story and always managed to mention something about the issue. They have an amazing talent to make serious news funny and informative and that’s why I always make sure I watch them. My other solid resources were the free copies of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, but more specifically their front page. The front page for the past few weeks has always had something about Egypt on it along with a huge picture showing the massive riots. Yep, thanks to these three sources I knew about the riots in Egypt the day it happened. All three hit me on the same day, which made me realize how big it all was and what it could mean for America. Every news source was relentless with their coverage until progress was made to make sure that the Egyptian government’s plan to shut out the media didn’t happen. The problems in Egypt went from a local problem to an international story in over a day. When people lose their voice their rights are up for violation and no one will be able to hear them scream rape. Thank Elron that didn’t happen and everyone has heard them loud and clear. But look at other terrible things that happened in the past: the broken levies in the US and the earthquakes that destroyed Haiti are two good examples. Even today both places are still recovering but you never hear about it on the news. It’s all old news and nobody cares anymore, at least in America, because we’re never reminded of the devastation and the constant need for help. The media pushes to cover a story until some progress is made and then the story dies off even though the problem doesn’t. No one is reminded of it so nobody cares to do anything further. Like pop culture news, every random star is doing something to get noticed so you don’t forget about them. Example: Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. Both girls had shows that competed against each other for fans almost 10 years ago and now who do you always hear about? Lohan! Hillary is married to Mike Comrie, a pro hockey player, and Lindsay Lohan is always in the news with news of going to rehab again. While Hillary has her life, Lohan has her reputation and fame. Even though she isn’t even relevant to anything new she can still inspire people to not become a fuck-up like she is. Maybe that’s what Egypt is going to teach America. The idea of an internet kill-switch in America has been proposed already and giving our government that much control over our virtual voices might be the sandwich that gives the homeless man a tapeworm and leads to his eventual death. The kill-switch might seem like a good idea to prevent internet terrorism and other safety purposes, but the government could get a new level of control over our first amendment rights and make sure that if they do decide to take advantage of us they’ll put a big ball gag in all of our mouths first. Watch those crazy tea-baggers…they’re bound to do something epically stupid sooner or later.
Every news source was relentless with their coverage until progress was made to make sure that the Egyptian government’s plan to shut out the media didn’t happen. The problems in Egypt went from a local problem to an international story in over a day. When people lose their voice their rights are up for violation and no one will be able to hear them scream rape. Thank Elron that didn’t happen and everyone has heard them loud and clear. But look at other terrible things that happened in the past: the broken levies in the US and the earthquakes that destroyed Haiti are two good examples. Even today both places are still recovering but you never hear about it on the news. It’s all old news and nobody cares anymore, at least in America, because we’re never reminded of the devastation and the constant need for help. The media pushes to cover a story until some progress is made and then the story dies off even though the problem doesn’t. No one is reminded of it so nobody cares to do anything further. Like pop culture news, every random star is doing something to get noticed so you don’t forget about them. Example: Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. Both girls had shows that competed against each other for fans almost 10 years ago and now who do you always hear about? Lohan! Hillary is married to Mike Comrie, a pro hockey player, and Lindsay Lohan is always in the news with news of going to rehab again. While Hillary has her life, Lohan has her reputation and fame. Even though she isn’t even relevant to anything new she can still inspire people to not become a fuck-up like she is. Maybe that’s what Egypt is going to teach America. The idea of an internet kill-switch in America has been proposed already and giving our government that much control over our virtual voices might be the sandwich that gives the homeless man a tapeworm and leads to his eventual death. The kill-switch might seem like a good idea to prevent internet terrorism and other safety purposes, but the government could get a new level of control over our first amendment rights and make sure that if they do decide to take advantage of us they’ll put a big ball gag in all of our mouths first. No screams, no problems. So if Americans have their rights raped, who will hear us scream? Hopefully we can make sure a situation like the one happening in Egypt never develops here. Watch those crazy tea-baggers…they’re bound to do something epically stupid sooner or later.
So have you guys heard about this whole “Egypt thing”? This question makes me wonder where everyone gets their news from today considering how many options there are. So, to make sure I don’t get too vague I’m just going to consider myself the average American…to some extent that is. I hardly ever watch the news and I occasionally read past the first page of a newspaper if it’s around. I hear random blurbs of news stories on the radio in between The Mark Madden Show and commercials trying to make my dick bigger or make my body slimmer. I watch a lot of TV and use the internet to quickly get to the things I like, and that almost always has nothing to do with current events. So how did I hear about the whole “Egypt thing?” Well, it was on Youtube.com of course! I’m one of approximately 1.5 million subscribers to Philip Defranco, or sxephil as his channel is titled, and for over 2 weeks he talked about the protests in Egypt while also showing me funny things and hot chicks. TV also helped me thanks to John Stewart and Steven Colbert who also relentlessly covered the story and always managed to mention something about the issue. They have an amazing talent to make serious news funny and informative and that’s why I always make sure I watch them. My other solid resources were the free copies of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, but more specifically their front page. The front page for the past few weeks has always had something about Egypt on it along with a huge picture showing the massive riots. Yep, thanks to these three sources I knew about the riots in Egypt the day it happened. All three hit me on the same day, which made me realize how big it all was and what it could mean for America.
The situation in Egypt is being talked about constantly in the news. The immediacy of live-feeds from the news and people constantly updating the internet makes it nearly unavoidable.
ReplyDeleteJust Googling “Egypt” comes up with over 700 realtime updates on it. It might be even higher tomorrow.
http://www.egyptdailynews.com/ - this website I found to be very helpful. It is basically just links to other news stories about Egypt, it is being updated constantly with new stories marked “New,” I also found an interesting story through this site regarding the tourism issues now in Egypt that have arisen from the protests. The story is from Yahoo news, and the link is here, http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110214/lf_afp/egyptpoliticsunresttourism_20110214181735. It was definitely an aspect of things I did not even consider until seeing this website.
There is also concern for the Middle East as a whole due to the protests. While Egypt is pushing for more democracy other countries are displeased with the movement. I can understand the United States’ concern with this, given their already rocky relationship with most of the Middle East as it is. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/does-the-new-dawn-in-egyp_b_823087.html this story gave a very good analysis of the situation at hand.
Finally, the most coverage is about the youth protestors and their concern for their futures, this story http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/13/egypts-military-rulers-dissolve-parliament-suspend-constitution-protests/ and http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703584804576143824048718898.html this story, both explain the desire for cooperation the protest leaders desire but want progress for their country.
I could be wrong, but it seems like there isn’t a lot of “politics” being talked about in this, by that I mean different political parties in the US arguing about what to do about Egypt. It appears a lot of it is straight reportage of facts about occurrences in the country and reactions around the world and speculation of what is to come and how it may affect us.
I began my research on the issues in Egypt at the trusty Huffington Post. Since this is the main site where I get my news, I knew the Egypt coverage was very prominent here. The HuffPost organizes the news coverage on Egypt in (what I think) is a very organized manner. It has been their cover story for some time now, with the exception of Sunday, when they put the Grammy ad on the front page. Today's coverage is the fact that CBS correspondent Lara Logan was sexually assaulted by a mob in Tahrir Sqaure while doing a piece for 60 Minutes. The HuffPost responded to this incident by pulling a quote from the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights that stated that journalists who do work in Egypt suffer from discrimination, and female journalists are sexually assaulted. It is pieces like this that I think the HuffPost is one of the top sites when it comes to news coverage. They have many links for more stories and videos on Egypt as well as the current status of Logan's condition. The link to this page is:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/lara-logan-suffered-bruta_n_823677.html. Aside from obvious reasons, this story is important because the events in Egypt have now hurt one of our own reporters, someone who was simply trying to do her job.
ReplyDeleteThe next website I found very helpful in Egypt coverage was CNN.com. I must say that prior to today, Egypt was the top story on the home page of the site. But today, it is not. There is a small section on the home page dedicated to "Middle East Protests", but I was surprised to find that it was not the main story. I am let down by the current selections on CNN's home page, which include: "Meeting the Swimsuit Cover Model" from Sports Illustrated, "Janet Jackson's Memories of Michael", and a story about a "Klepto Kitty". That's not the home page I thought they would go with. Prior to today today, though, CNN was helpful with many videos and links of Egypt coverage. The link is: http://www.cnn.com/.
The final website I looked at was NPR.com. I don't visit this website often, but I was pleasantly surprised with their news coverage. Egypt coverage was on the home page, and I found the articles to be well-organized and complete with maps of The Arab World. The link to the page is: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/133774910/imitators-of-egyptian-protesters-may-be-disappointed. This article brought up a point that I had not yet thought of when it comes to the Egyptian protests: Egyptians revolting may spark other countries to see the results of their protests and follow suit. When people see that their actions get the results that they desired, they are likely to disobey authority again. It's a scary thought.
As for the media's coverage in Egypt, I think it is clear to see from Lara Logan and Anderson Cooper's attacks, that American journalists are unwelcome. Where do we draw the line when it comes to sending our own over to Egpyt in hopes of a good news story? Is it fair for our reporters to suffer injuries when they did nothing wrong? Should we respect the fact that our journalists are unwelcome on their turf?
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ReplyDeleteOne of the most widely talked-about issues during the past few weeks has been the ongoing crisis in Egypt. This has only recently begun to slow down and start to be resolved. Nonetheless there are ongoing efforts to track what is happening in the still-unstable country. Even now there are still reports coming in about people being attacked or people who are still missing after the rioting.
ReplyDeleteThe first place that I can see ongoing coverage coming from is AOL.com. This is simply due to my subscription to their instant messaging application and as such it has become my homepage. AOL, although popular, is not the first place that I would look for decent news coverage about important issues. Despite its constantly updated status, the crisis in Egypt is forced into the background behind stories that deal with celebrity lives and ways to stay young and fit. Even if a reader were to click on a story relating to the details of the Egyptian crisis, no other news feed appears in order to support it. Scrolling down from the current story of “Lara Logan of CBS News Was Attacked and Sexually Assaulted in Egypt” the only link to be found relating to the crisis is all the way at the bottom of the page and details about Mubarak’s resignation, a full four days ago. And this link doesn’t even take precedent as it is listed behind a trailer for a new kid’s movie and the winners at the Grammy Awards.
From there I moved onto the Huffington Post, an already well-known and accredited news source. Here, the major issues are not pushed aside so that way people can ignore them and pretend that they aren’t happening. No, the issues are in your face and practically scream “look at me!” This is aided by the large picture and caption adorning the majority of the top of the homepage. A simple search through the rest of the site offers any reader more information about what is currently happening. For those who need some quick help there’s a little “About Egypt” box right below the biggest headlines to give a brief overview of what has happened and how it has led up to this point. Overall the Huffington Post is a far more reputable source to get information from than AOL where you’re more likely to be bombarded by advertisements rather than with news that is relevant that should be known and understood.
After the Huffington Post, I wandered on over to the site for CNN, since it’s always on during dinnertime and I have almost no choice but to watch it while I eat down in the cafeteria. Just a simple click over to the “World” section of their site offers readers an entire section dedicated to the crisis in Egypt. Although it is not directly in the headlines, the box entitled “Egypt: Sights and Sounds” offers multiple reports and videos for the crisis. Just the first page of the feature is so full that the earliest it can be traced is to earlier today. A full seven pages are dedicated just to Egypt. The only downside to this extensive feed is that a lot of the reports are repeated over and over with different people reporting on them. Other than this however, the feed is extensive in scope and covered very well, no doubt due to the numerous resources that CNN is endowed with.
It seems that overall, the media did a pretty decent job of working with what they were given even when their own people were being threatened and their lives were at stake.
I got most of my Egypt coverage from the Huff Post. They have great photos and slide shows, and I liked the real time feeds that were updated with new information came in. Having pictures, text and videos all on the same page made it really easy to digest.
ReplyDeleteAljazeera is written in unintelligible scribbles, but Aljazeera English has some good stuff. They have a bunch of in depth features that are interesting and most of the reporters are from the region. It's cool to be able to get a local perspective. They have a twitter feed on the side of their page, which is important because a lot of the protests were organized with Facebook and twitter.
I checked Fox News when I wanted "the sky is falling" analysis. They had more interviews with people who were looking at the protests with a US centric view. They were mostly concerned with the negative effects of instability in the region.
There was so much stuff out there that I think the media did a fine job of covering the event from all perspectives. There was way more information than I could ever read. I'm sure the media played some role in getting people pumped to protest, but I doubt it had much effect once the people were gathered on the ground. The media will probably play a bigger role now that Mubarak is gone and the more complex process of forming a new government begins.
I got my Egypt news from a combination of the Huffington Post, social media, and blogging sites, mainly Twitter and the blogging site Tumblr. The internet was, and still is, full of information and resources.
ReplyDeleteFor straight and thorough news coverage, I used Huffington Post. Egypt was almost always their main headline, so it stood out. The news stories covered the events well and clearly, and dealt with many aspects of the situation. It's very good coverage and a very reputable source.
Although Tumblr wasn't always quite as news-oriented, it was a good resource. Because of the way it's set up, users shared a lot of information in different ways. Users can also "reblog" posts, so pictures and information spread through the site quickly. Tumblr was, in a way, able to combine coverage from all other sites by posting links from news sites, blog posts, and pictures from various sources. Tumblr users posted everything from screenshots of things from Twitter (http://insideoutnight.tumblr.com/post/3077777168/brothers) and other photos (http://brmch.tumblr.com/post/2981109376/reports-are-coming-out-that-the-gas-canisters-that) to more personal accounts of events and appeals to people (http://sophpoph.tumblr.com/post/3026395200/urgent-message-from-activist-in-egypt-please-repost-if, http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/2978324740/for-those-of-you-in-the-u-s-who-want-to-do-something). Tumblr users also added their opinion to some of the posts, and as a result some people were critical of some of the comments and coverage (http://afternoonsnoozebutton.com/post/3071655041/the-only-democracy-that-has-emerged-when-you-see). They were also able to add some humor and pop culture to the commentary and coverage (http://aaronbleyaert.tumblr.com/post/3057809195, http://palkon.tumblr.com/post/3020875038). Tumblr even had a complete breakdown of the events (http://genderbitch.tumblr.com/post/2969577907/whats-happening-in-egypt-explained-updated), and site moderators asked people to tag posts so they could be easily found and shared.
Twitter did something similar, with everything from opinion and humor to more direct news, and was able to post very short summaries and links. The account BreakingNews (http://twitter.com/BreakingNews) did this throughout the protests, linking different sources the entire time for pretty complete coverage.
Side note: I saw that Natalie mentioned the treatment of American reporters. I did see something, I think on CNN, that said Mubarak supporters were telling people crazy things about Americans wanting to come in and take over, so at least in some cases, that lead the people to turn against American reporters.
In April 1989 a large group of young students and scholars took to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. There wasn't a single leader or dominant political party, but thousands came together to protest the Chinese government. Their protest soon spread out of the square to surrounding streets, then surrounding cities in China.
ReplyDeleteDespite the growth of the protest, the Chinese government did their best to sway popular opinion in China. The state-run media displayed only images of dying soldiers and of military triumph, blocking the Chinese from seeing or hearing the voices of the protesters. In time their military blazed a trail through the protestors, killing those that stood in their way (of course exact death tolls were never released by the government – estimates range from the mid- hundreds to thousands).
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In January 2011 a large group of young students and scholars took to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. There wasn't a single leader or dominant political party, but thousands came together to protest the Egyptian government, with a predominant demand for President Hosni Mubarak to resign. Their protest soon grew and spread out of the square to surrounding streets, then surrounding cities and countries.
Despite the growth of the protest, the Egyptian government did their best to sway popular opinion in Egypt. For the first few weeks the state-run media was spreading a pro-Mubarak spin on the protest, describing the protestors as troublemakers and playing down the magnitude of the protest.
Unlike the events in China 22 years before, the Egyptian protestors would be heard. The internet provided the protesters with a means to organize with thousands of people at a time. It also gave the people of Egypt access to the entire world’s news coverage of the protest – that is until the internet was shut down on January 27.
The protest didn’t slow down though, and neither did the media coverage. New media enabled the story in Egypt to continue 24 hours a day with sites like the Huffington Post keeping an up to date page dedicated only to Egypt. Twitter feeds were littered with the hashtag #Egypt or #Mubarak. Then, when the internet in Egypt came back on February 2, activity on sites such as Twitter and Facebook boomed.
Through social networks and new media the voices of the Egyptians eventually made their way back to Egypt’s state media. So, after 30 years of loyalty to Mubarak, the Al-Ahram newspaper declared its support for the protesters. Many cite this as the definitive moment in the protest – the moment Mubarak must have known he had no other choice but to leave.
New media completely transformed a national social uprising into an international social uprising. For weeks I embraced the faces of a young Egyptian population and through their voices I became more involved with a protest over 5,000 miles away then I could have ever imagined. Without new media Tahrir Square may have ended up a lot like Tiananmen Square.
I didn't even get a chance to mention Wael Ghonim - though of course he seems to have become the hero of the Egyptian uprising.
ReplyDeleteI got news of the crisis and turmoil in Egypt from aol.com, thehuffingpost.com, and foxnews.com. I looked at three very different sources of news and came up unfazed by what the findings had shown.
ReplyDeleteI looked to aol.com because of the recent merger it will have with thehuffingtonpost. Also, I was somewhat interested in what aol.com looks like, because I have not used it since I was in fourth/fifth grade when I needed to use it to go online to use I-M. I was sad to see, that it still hasn't change since I was 14. How aol.com does their news reminds me a lot of tabloids you see in grocery stores at the check out line. It's colorful, yet trashy. It only reports stupid nonsense. Aol.com has many a few article dealing with legtimate news. When I looked for information about the crisis in Egypt, I didnt like the fact that it would put it next to trivial, stupid articles about what mayonaise is the best to use, or what Lindsay Lohan is doing with her life. I felt it was hard to find the real news. It is too colorful that I get lost, and somehow seem to find the annoying news of celebrities. When will people learn that no one really wants to know what Justin Bieber is doing. However, when I did get to the Egypt news, they did have some coverage. Not much that I really looked at though. I wanted a legitmate source for news, but I went here just for a giggle.
Thehuffingtonpost and fox news was where I really went for news about the Egypt crisis. Thehuffpost is different from aol.com, which I still don't understand why they are going into business with each other. The post is so much more elaborate and detailed, and gears towards the news that people want to know about in the world. Sure, they still have places on their site for finding out the latest fashion, and where you can talk all you want about Kim Kardashian, but they are a great place for real news.
I like how thehuffpost has so much news. When you open to the site, news is everywhere. I scrolled down just a bit and stumbled over the article in regards to violence against women in Egypt, found it interesting, and went to it. The site is http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-newcomb/blame-the-muslims-violenc_b_824008.html. I like the post because it gives you an opportunity to hear everyone's outlook on the matter of Egpyt, and doesnt just end their news reports about it once it is out of the news, like aol.com had done. In this article, I learned about the violence towards women over there. It was interesting to read.
The other interesting point of view thehuffpost showed was the state of condition of ex-president of Egpyt, is doing. In this article, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/mubarak-has-given-up-want_n_823961.html, it talks about how he has reportedly stated he wants to die at a resort, yet he had vowed to die in Egypt.
Also, from learning about the violence against women in Egypt, I learned about who Lara Logan was, and her story in this Egypt crisis.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/lara-logan-suffered-bruta_n_823677.html This article talks about her brutal attack.
I also sometimes check out foxnews.com. Here is where I learned about how the crisis in Egypt has trickled into other parts of the world. This site from fox, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/16/anti-government-protests-spread-libya/, talks about how Libya is now dealing with protests like the ones in Egypt. Though I read this site, I feel as though they are trying to emulate thehuffpost, with trying to blog.
Overall, aol.com is the first place where I would never find news if I needed to know important information. Fox news would be second. The first place I look to news is the huffpost becauset it is so easy to navigate, they have soooooooooo many investigators and bloggers talking about stories that have happened, still are going on and are always finding out more information for us to read.
Since the recent crisis in Egypt began, every source of news, from the internet to actual newspapers, have been covering it non-stop. News coverage online, on sites such as the Huffington Post, Fox News, and CNN, have been posting updates around the clock when breaking news occurs.
ReplyDeleteI started my research on the Huffington Post. I have an app for this on my phone, which has been my source for news ever since I downloaded it. I would get “real-time” updates on my phone whenever something happened. They’re updates seemed to be very close to “real-time” as could be; they always seemed to have the most updates, faster than any other news source. This story was never hidden from the front page of their website. They always put the biggest and most-talked-about stories really big and obvious on the front page, causing its audience to notice it more and read the articles and updates. They even had updates via Twitter towards the top of the page, with regards to the most recent events. Egypt now has its own page on the Huff Post website, with the tagline under its name “some news is so big it needs its own page”. Overall, this was the best and most reliable news source for the crisis that I found.
Aside from all of the criticism that goes on about them, the next site I checked was Fox News. Since they host many talk shows on television, they had many more interviews with other people and their thoughts and views on the crisis. Though this was something Huff Post did not have, Fox News did not seem to have too much of the coverage on their front page, which attracts their audience the most on the website. Fox News was not bad on their coverage, but they could have had showed more of it on their home page.
CNN was the next site that I visited. There is not much on the homepage for anything going on in Egypt anymore, though I’m sure there was much more last week. There are many videos and interviews about Egypt, like Fox News had. It seemed to have many of the same people talking about the subject, which is a downside. There are many articles on the crisis though, which could possibly make up for the previously-stated downside.
The news coverage on the Egypt crisis was pretty good from these few sites. I found the best one to be the Huffington Post because of the amount of news coverage that it had, and how it reached out to its audience for them to read the articles.
I started noticing Egypt on the news through PerezHilton (http://perezhilton.com/2010-12-22-adventures-in-egypt-part-3)actually. Over Christmas, his mom and him took a vacation there. Then barely a month later, total revolution broke out. Since then, I've been hooked on CNN, Perez and HuffPost.
ReplyDeleteI wish I would have saved some of the more ridiculous headlines on my favorites, I believe they are lost to the internet.
After PerezHilton's fabulous vacation, the country turned to hell. People are outraged by their current leader and government. Thousands of people started to come together in the name of change and revolution. The major concepts Americans have forgotten. After reports of Anderson Cooper getting beaten, cameramen, reporters, the Google guy and other attacks, America should understand- to stay out of this. It's the Arabian revolution. Possibly the Fourth Reich. Or all Arabic and Asian countries are going to rule the world for the next 300 years.
CNN and Fox news went straight to the headlines, "WHAT'S OBAMA GOING TO DO?"(http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/2011/02/01/what-should-the-white-house-do-about-egypt/_) Well, hopefully nothing major. The United States is screwing itself enough.
The Colbert Report is another one of my more commonly used new sources too. (http://www.colbertnation.com/video/tag/Egypt-%7C-international+affairs)
What is happening in Egypt is frightfully awesome. These mass protests started late January and by mid-February change is starting.
On Feb. 2, Mubarak stated that he would not step down. Feb. 11, Mubarak announces that he is stepping down. Feb. 16, Mubarak is having health problems. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/mubarak-has-given-up-want_n_823961.html)
Now, if you go to HuffPost's World tab homepage TODAY FEB 16, you'll see in quotes 'THE WORLD IS CHANGING'. Egypt protests have started a domino effect of more protests in Iran, Yemen, Libya and Sudan. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/world/)
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ReplyDeleteSo have you guys heard about this whole “Egypt thing”?
This question makes me wonder where everyone gets their news from today considering how many options there are. So, to make sure I don’t get too vague I’m just going to consider myself the average American…to some extent that is.
I hardly ever watch the news and I occasionally read past the first page of a newspaper if it’s around. I hear random blurbs of news stories on the radio in between The Mark Madden Show and commercials trying to make my dick bigger or make my body slimmer. I watch a lot of TV and use the internet to quickly get to the things I like, and that almost always has nothing to do with current events. So how did I hear about the whole “Egypt thing?”
Well, it was on Youtube.com of course! I’m one of approximately 1.5 million subscribers to Philip Defranco, or sxephil as his channel is titled, and for over 2 weeks he talked about the protests in Egypt while also showing me funny things and hot chicks. TV also helped me thanks to John Stewart and Steven Colbert who also relentlessly covered the story and always managed to mention something about the issue. They have an amazing talent to make serious news funny and informative and that’s why I always make sure I watch them. My other solid resources were the free copies of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, but more specifically their front page. The front page for the past few weeks has always had something about Egypt on it along with a huge picture showing the massive riots. Yep, thanks to these three sources I knew about the riots in Egypt the day it happened. All three hit me on the same day, which made me realize how big it all was and what it could mean for America.
Every news source was relentless with their coverage until progress was made to make sure that the Egyptian government’s plan to shut out the media didn’t happen. The problems in Egypt went from a local problem to an international story in over a day. When people lose their voice their rights are up for violation and no one will be able to hear them scream rape. Thank Elron that didn’t happen and everyone has heard them loud and clear.
But look at other terrible things that happened in the past: the broken levies in the US and the earthquakes that destroyed Haiti are two good examples. Even today both places are still recovering but you never hear about it on the news. It’s all old news and nobody cares anymore, at least in America, because we’re never reminded of the devastation and the constant need for help. The media pushes to cover a story until some progress is made and then the story dies off even though the problem doesn’t. No one is reminded of it so nobody cares to do anything further. Like pop culture news, every random star is doing something to get noticed so you don’t forget about them.
Example: Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. Both girls had shows that competed against each other for fans almost 10 years ago and now who do you always hear about? Lohan! Hillary is married to Mike Comrie, a pro hockey player, and Lindsay Lohan is always in the news with news of going to rehab again. While Hillary has her life, Lohan has her reputation and fame. Even though she isn’t even relevant to anything new she can still inspire people to not become a fuck-up like she is. Maybe that’s what Egypt is going to teach America.
The idea of an internet kill-switch in America has been proposed already and giving our government that much control over our virtual voices might be the sandwich that gives the homeless man a tapeworm and leads to his eventual death. The kill-switch might seem like a good idea to prevent internet terrorism and other safety purposes, but the government could get a new level of control over our first amendment rights and make sure that if they do decide to take advantage of us they’ll put a big ball gag in all of our mouths first. Watch those crazy tea-baggers…they’re bound to do something epically stupid sooner or later.
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ReplyDeleteEvery news source was relentless with their coverage until progress was made to make sure that the Egyptian government’s plan to shut out the media didn’t happen. The problems in Egypt went from a local problem to an international story in over a day. When people lose their voice their rights are up for violation and no one will be able to hear them scream rape. Thank Elron that didn’t happen and everyone has heard them loud and clear.
But look at other terrible things that happened in the past: the broken levies in the US and the earthquakes that destroyed Haiti are two good examples. Even today both places are still recovering but you never hear about it on the news. It’s all old news and nobody cares anymore, at least in America, because we’re never reminded of the devastation and the constant need for help. The media pushes to cover a story until some progress is made and then the story dies off even though the problem doesn’t. No one is reminded of it so nobody cares to do anything further. Like pop culture news, every random star is doing something to get noticed so you don’t forget about them.
Example: Hillary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. Both girls had shows that competed against each other for fans almost 10 years ago and now who do you always hear about? Lohan! Hillary is married to Mike Comrie, a pro hockey player, and Lindsay Lohan is always in the news with news of going to rehab again. While Hillary has her life, Lohan has her reputation and fame. Even though she isn’t even relevant to anything new she can still inspire people to not become a fuck-up like she is. Maybe that’s what Egypt is going to teach America.
The idea of an internet kill-switch in America has been proposed already and giving our government that much control over our virtual voices might be the sandwich that gives the homeless man a tapeworm and leads to his eventual death. The kill-switch might seem like a good idea to prevent internet terrorism and other safety purposes, but the government could get a new level of control over our first amendment rights and make sure that if they do decide to take advantage of us they’ll put a big ball gag in all of our mouths first. No screams, no problems. So if Americans have their rights raped, who will hear us scream? Hopefully we can make sure a situation like the one happening in Egypt never develops here. Watch those crazy tea-baggers…they’re bound to do something epically stupid sooner or later.
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ReplyDeleteSo have you guys heard about this whole “Egypt thing”?
This question makes me wonder where everyone gets their news from today considering how many options there are. So, to make sure I don’t get too vague I’m just going to consider myself the average American…to some extent that is.
I hardly ever watch the news and I occasionally read past the first page of a newspaper if it’s around. I hear random blurbs of news stories on the radio in between The Mark Madden Show and commercials trying to make my dick bigger or make my body slimmer. I watch a lot of TV and use the internet to quickly get to the things I like, and that almost always has nothing to do with current events. So how did I hear about the whole “Egypt thing?”
Well, it was on Youtube.com of course! I’m one of approximately 1.5 million subscribers to Philip Defranco, or sxephil as his channel is titled, and for over 2 weeks he talked about the protests in Egypt while also showing me funny things and hot chicks. TV also helped me thanks to John Stewart and Steven Colbert who also relentlessly covered the story and always managed to mention something about the issue. They have an amazing talent to make serious news funny and informative and that’s why I always make sure I watch them. My other solid resources were the free copies of the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, but more specifically their front page. The front page for the past few weeks has always had something about Egypt on it along with a huge picture showing the massive riots. Yep, thanks to these three sources I knew about the riots in Egypt the day it happened. All three hit me on the same day, which made me realize how big it all was and what it could mean for America.
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ReplyDeleteOriginally, I wrote Arabian Revoltion.. No, it's the Muslim Revolution.