New York Times reporter Ben Hubbard tweeted today that he was “kicked out” of Egypt’s Tahrir Square and told foreign journalists were prohibited. Hubbard had been reporting from Cairo’s Zeinhoum morgue, where casualties from the protests were being transported.
Cairo's Zeinhoum morgue: line of a dozen ambulances full of dead, most with gunshot wounds in heads and chests.
— Ben ? Hubbard (@NYTBen) July 8, 2013
Family at morgue, father a doctor, brother a police officer, both said they'd fought with dead relative over his involvement in Brotherhood.
— Ben ? Hubbard (@NYTBen) July 8, 2013
All dead I saw entering the morgue were young men, late teens to 30s. No women or children, but I wasn't allowed inside.
— Ben ? Hubbard (@NYTBen) July 8, 2013
Just three hours earlier, Hubbard had retweeted this post from a Wall Street Journal correspondent noting Al-Jazeera’s expulsion from a press conference by the Egyptian military.
After Al Jaz kicked out, Police general says, "We believe in freedom of the press. Egypt is a country of freedom of democracy." #Egypt
— Charles Levinson (@levinsonc) July 8, 2013
Journalists from Al-Jazeera kicked out of Egypt military news conference; 'Ou! Out!' from the crowd http://t.co/25EtAyNTnK
— Cassandra Vinograd (@CassVinograd) July 8, 2013
Signs showing support for the American people but not for the Obama administration have been spotted among the protesters, while CNN has been singled out for criticism of its coverage. On Friday, Egyptian military confiscated a CNN camera during a live broadcast. With the situation in Egypt so volatile, patience with outsiders seems to be wearing thin.
@NYTBen @evanchill if the foreign media is not fair in its coverage&only being biased 2the terrorist side u cant blame the ppl 4kickin u out
— Helly El Saadani (@hellyelsaadani) July 8, 2013
Haha, Egyptians kicking Al Jazeera out & telling New York Times journo @NYTBen to fuck off – GOOD. Bias propaganda is not journalism!!
— Phil Greaves (@PhilGreaves01) July 8, 2013
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