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The Washington Post Should Immediately Apologize to Egyptians

November 8, 2015

To start with, it is beyond doubt that the Egyptian government has its flaws in managing the economy, its overflowing and corrupt bureaucracy, and its lack of respect for human rights. But things have come to a point where the western media needs to be put in its proper place. I was surprised by the over-dramatic coverage of the crash by the Western media, but I found one article in particular quite shocking. In a recent Washington Post editorial titled “Russian and Egyptian officials are not to be trusted over airline crash”, it concluded that “the Egyptian and Russian regimes are far less adept at fighting terrorism than they are at lying”. This conclusion comes based on the Post’s belief that the Egyptian government will seek to cover up the bombing of the Russian airplane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai, as it would signal Egypt’s ineptitude in the fight against terrorism. I find this editorial one of the most sickening pieces I’ve read in my life. The Post, walking the line of most of the western media, believes it has such a high moral stance that it can pass on…


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