Members of the House of Representatives launched an attack on Egyptian media during Monday\u2019s plenary session, with Parliament Speaker Ali Abdelaal saying the media \u201craises problems against the Egyptian state and causes many problems, both socially and politically.\u201d<\/p>\n
Abdelaal criticized the general media in the country, saying \u201cthe media has been a big problem for the Egyptian state during the recent period. Some programs act as if we are in another society and state.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that heads of parliaments for other countries usually ask him about problems in Egypt which they hear about through Egyptian media.<\/p>\n
He called on parliament\u2019s Information Committee to finalize the draft law organizing media affairs as soon as possible so that dissenters can face violations.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, MP Mostafa Bakry criticized ONtv\u2019s Saturday Night Live (SNL) Arabia, saying Saturday\u2019s episode portrayed the Egyptian woman as a betrayer.<\/p>\n
Bakry said during Monday\u2019s session: \u201cThis is dangerous, and the state is still silent regarding violations that should not be [disregarded], such as the \u2018Abla Fahita\u2019 program which also contains violations.\u201d<\/p>\n
MP Hussein Khater also accused the Al-Nahar channel of constantly bringing up problems which occur in Egypt, saying it hosts \u201ctendentious\u201d and controversial figures.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Omar Marwan, meanwhile, expressed gratitude to Bakry for his keenness on defending the Egyptian women\u2019s image, adding that the Supreme Council for Media Regulation pulled SNL Arabia from Egyptian channels on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Members of the House of Representatives launched an attack on Egyptian media during Monday\u2019s plenary session, with Parliament Speaker Ali Abdelaal saying the media \u201craises problems against the Egyptian state and causes many problems, both socially and politically.\u201d Abdelaal criticized the general media in the country, saying \u201cthe media has been a big problem for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":71381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[32921,32923,19707,32922],"class_list":["post-71379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-ali-abdelaal","tag-mp-hussein-khater","tag-mp-mostafa-bakry","tag-snl"],"yoast_head":"\n