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Egyptian
journalist declines to be part of propaganda machine, resigns
Friday February 04, 2011 11:07:26 AM,
IANS
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Cairo:
A woman journalist has quit her job with Egypt's state-run Nile TV
saying that she did not want to be part of their "propaganda
machine".
Nile TV anchorwoman Shahira Amin told the BBC: "We were not
allowed to report on what was happening in Tahrir Square."
"I spent the whole day yesterday (Thursday) at Nile TV and we were
just covering the pro-Mubarak rallies, which I thought was
ridiculous. I don't want to be part of their propaganda machine.
You know, when the system doesn't suit you just walk out."
There has been a political upheaval in Egypt to seek the ouster of
President Hosni Mubarak who has been in power for the past 30
years. Anti-Mubarak protesters have congregated at Tahrir square
in downtown Cairo and they have refused to budge despite attacks
on them.
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