Krauthammer’s Allergy to Democracy
Displaying the same allergy to actual democracy shown by Joe Klein (FAIR Blog, 2/3/11), Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer (2/4/11) calls, like Klein, for a military regime in Egypt to...
View ArticleEgypt ‘Experts’ on ‘Public’ Television
There have been some interesting, informative TV coverage of Egypt. And then there was last night’s Charlie Rose (2/3/11), with special guests Tom Friedman and Henry Kissinger.
View ArticleThe Right Way to Support a Friendly Dictator…er, ‘Strongman’
From the Friday broadcast of the PBS NewsHour (2/4/11) came a discussion about how the U.S. supports dictators–which elicited some chuckles. Remember, Mark Shields is the one who plays the “left” on...
View ArticleThe Powerless Superpower: Broder on Egypt
In yesterday’s Washington Post (2/6/11), David Broder likened the U.S. position on Egypt to being a fan of the hapless Chicago Cubs: Big things are happening all around you, but you have noway to do...
View ArticleNYT’s Fisk Factcheck Fail
The United States sent former ambassador Frank Wisner to Egypt to talk to Hosni Mubarak. Wisner garnered headlines when he declared support for Mubarak staying in power, causing the White House to try...
View ArticleTom Friedman Admires His Writing in Egyptian Mirror
It might be hard for you to imagine covering the democratic uprising in Egypt as a way to reflect upon all the wise things you’ve written in the past. But you’re not Tom Friedman. He wrote today (New...
View ArticlePsst. . . They’re Talking About Torture
The Washington Post yesterday (2/13/11): Mubarak Resignation Throws Into Question U.S./Egyptian Counterterrorism Work By Mary Beth Sheridan and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday,...
View ArticleNYT and the Threat of Egyptian Democracy
The New York Times’ David Kirkpatrick filed a report today (4/29/11) on one apparent problem with the move towards democracy in Egypt–the country might pursue policies more in line with what the...
View ArticleNewsweek’s Nostalgia for Arab Dictatorships
If you feel like there hasn’t been enough attention paid to the fact that the democratic movements in the Arab world are undermining the power of U.S. elites to have troublemakers tortured and/or...
View ArticleNewsweek Covers Egyptian Election…Via Israel
Here’s the headline and subhead in a Newsweek piece (7/10/11) about the Egyptian presidential election: Egypt’s Rising Power Player Amr Moussa is on track to succeed Mubarak. And that spells danger...
View ArticleWhy Is Israel Bombing Gaza?
The coverage of the Israeli attacks on Gaza is following some predictable patterns. The New York Times has a headline today (8/26/11), “Israeli Strikes in Retaliation Kill Nine Gazans.” Readers should...
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Newsweek and the ‘War on Christians’
A cover that declares a “War on Christians” is bound to get some attention. Writing in the February 12 issue of Newsweek, author Ayaan Hirsi Ali‘s argument is just as blunt. Enough with all this talk...
View ArticleArabs and Democracy: A Question for Fareed Zakaria
Fareed Zakaria wrote in Time magazine (4/16/12) that “the Arab Spring is looking less appealing by the week.” The problem is a “messier reality,” and he zeroes in on Egypt: And now, as Egypt’s...
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Obama’s Imaginary Embrace of the Arab Spring
Surveying international reaction to Barack Obama’s re-election, NBC Nightly News correspondent Richard Engel declared (11/7/12): In the Middle East, there is hope that President Obama will embrace the...
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Zakaria on Arab Spring: With Democracy, Less Is More
The Arab Spring protests brought to the surface some interesting tension between elite rhetoric about democracy and U.S. interests. It’s not that you always heard pundits taking the side of autocrats...
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David Brooks Applies His Mental Equipment to the Egypt Coup
David Brooks “Islamists…lack the mental equipment to govern,” New York Times columnist David Brooks writes today (7/5/13). “Incompetence is built into the intellectual DNA of radical Islam.” Now,...
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Can the NYT Call a Coup a Coup?
“A Coup? Or Something Else?” is the question a New York Times headline is posing today (7/5/13) about the U.S. government’s response to the military’s removal of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi....
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Richard Engel and U.S. Aid to Egypt
There’s a notion that journalists aren’t supposed to share their opinions about controversial topics. But some reporters can get away with saying what they think, so long as it doesn’t step on the...
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Deep US Concern for Human Rights in Egypt? Time Says So
In a piece about Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to build a coalition to support the attack the Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, Time magazine’s Michael Crowley (9/18/14) made a...
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FAIR TV: Climate Blackout, Bombing Syria & Human Rights Rhetoric
This week on FAIR TV: The People’s Climate March wasn’t fit for TV news, Obama is a “reluctant warrior,” and the US has a “longtime concern” for human rights in Egypt. (function(d, s, id) { var js,...
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