The Western Media

Published in Youm 7
(Egypt) on 29 July 2013
by Mustafa al-Fiqi (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Chris Marrs. Edited by Kyrstie Lane.
The Western media has taken a shocking position. It has disregarded its objective neutrality to support one party in the al-Sisi conflict going on in Egypt. This blatant bias raises a lot of questions. It would not be journalistically responsible for us to publish pictures of crowds from one side and write lies under them, claiming that it depicts the other side that we happen to support. This is a major mistake for an American television channel, but it happens on Al-Jazeera and nothing happens!

The media has abandoned morals and ethics to favor one side in an attempt to throw fuel on the fire and incite unrest. This does not help address the recent bloody events or a populace that is possibly more divided than at any other point in history. Here we should note that there is an obvious shortcoming in Egyptian foreign media, as we do not have the means to address Western capitals during these difficult times.


اتخذ الإعلام الغربى موقفًا يثير الدهشة، فقد خرج عن حياده الموضوعى كى يناصر طرفًا واحدًا فى الصراع السياسى الذى يدور على الأرض المصرية حالياً، ويثير ذلك الانحياز الصارخ تساؤلات عديدة، إذ إنه ليس من المقبول بشرف المهنة الإعلامية أن نأتى بصور التجمعات الحاشدة لطرف معين، ونكتب تحتها كذبا أنها لطرف آخر نناصره، وتلك سقطة كبرى من محطة تليفزيونية أمريكية كبيرة، أما عن قناة «الجزيرة» فحدث ولا حرج! فقد خرجت على الأخلاق والأعراف وانحازت لطرفٍ بذاته فى محاولة لصب الزيت على النار وإشعال الفتنة، ولم يكن ذلك منتظراً فى مواجهة أحداثٍ دامية وشعب منقسم على نفسه بصورة ربما لم يشهدها تاريخه من قبل، وهنا يجب أن نلفت النظر إلى قصور واضح فى الإعلام الخارجى المصرى إذ ليست لدينا كوادر جاهزة لمخاطبة العواصم الغربية فى هذه الظروف الصعبة.
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