Amy Goodman
@DemocracyNow·3.2M subscribers·19.4K videos
The Battle For Egypt's Media: Video Report On Press Freedom After The Revolution. 1 of 2
Posted
August 8, 2011
Views
669
Likes
9
Comments
2
Engagement
August 8, 2011
669
9
2
1.64%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
15:06Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - The Egyptian revolution can count a number of huge successes: most notably, ousting former president, Hosni Mubarak, from power and putting him on public trial. But the revolution is far from over. The struggle for governmental reform, civil liberties and economic and social justice is being waged everyday. And there is one issue that affects all others: the media. Whether it is newspapers, television, radio or the Internet, the media is a central component of the revolution in Egypt. And while the press has opened up in a number of ways in the wake of the revolution, it is still very much an uphill battle. Journalists still face government repression and state media still largely acts as a government mouthpiece. Democracy Now! correspondents Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have been looking at the issue of media reform in Egypt. They filed this video report from Cairo.
Watch Part 2 of 2
For the complete transcript, to download the podcast, or for reports on the Egyptian revolution broadcast on Democracy Now!, visit
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Twitter: @democracynow
Subscribe on YouTube
Daily Email News Digest
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now!
today, visit
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
