It is political season in Egypt, and the media there are finding out what can or can not be reported.
Egypt is at the outset of the high stakes battle for power, and the country's media are caught in the political crossfire. less than a month to go now before parliamentary elections, and in just one year's time Egypt will hold only the second contested presidential election in its history. In the past few weeks we seen a tightening of media controls. The newspapers al-Shorouk and al-Dostor have had prominent journalists removed, private satellite channels like orbit tv have been told to tone down their political commentary, and news out like sending mobile text alerts have suddenly been told to apply for licenses to do so.
Cairo, the rising political temperatures in one of the Arab world most influential countries and conflict between those in power and the media outlets that are doing their best under difficult circumstances to report the story.
Egypt is at the outset of the high stakes battle for power, and the country's media are caught in the political crossfire. less than a month to go now before parliamentary elections, and in just one year's time Egypt will hold only the second contested presidential election in its history. In the past few weeks we seen a tightening of media controls. The newspapers al-Shorouk and al-Dostor have had prominent journalists removed, private satellite channels like orbit tv have been told to tone down their political commentary, and news out like sending mobile text alerts have suddenly been told to apply for licenses to do so.
Cairo, the rising political temperatures in one of the Arab world most influential countries and conflict between those in power and the media outlets that are doing their best under difficult circumstances to report the story.
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