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Has there been any talk about how Al Jazeera is getting their footage out of Egypt? I'm assuming they're probably using their own communication satellites, has
by burgerbrain 16y ago
Has there been any talk about how Al Jazeera is getting their footage out of Egypt? I'm assuming they're probably using their own communication satellites, has the Egyptian government made any public comments about what they think of Al Jazeera reporting on this?
- JonnieCache 16y ago>has the Egyptian government made any public comments about what they think of Al Jazeera reporting on this? At some time around 3PM UK time yesterday (bang in the middle of the rioting), they suddenly broke off the commentary from their studio in downtown cairo, saying "The police have entered the building." There was a knock at the door, some shouting in arabic, a moment of silence then they carried on with the news, perhaps sounding slightly shaken. Take from that what you will. EDIT: Also at one point they had a split screen with their live footage of a burning upturned APC on one side, and the feed from egyptian state TV showing a calm and placid view of the skyline on the other. They then spent the next few minutes roundly mocking the regime for living in a dream world. It was pretty funny.
- yread 16y agoAt that moment the police just wanted them not to stand on the balcony - since the curfew was about to start. So they stayed with the camera inside for like 15 minutes and then moved out on the balcony again.