Sunday
Jan072007
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
Tim Seah
Here's a scan of the front page from the Dec. 19 Daily Star Egypt:
And here's the original photo:
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Notice anything?
Sources at The Daily Star say their printer unilaterally censored the photo.
Others who have edited publications registered abroad aren't buying it: They say the printer would sometimes warn them about content that could get an issue banned, but the final decision would always be the papers'.
But let's give The Daily Star the benefit of the doubt. So when are they firing their printer?
And here's the original photo:
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Notice anything?
Sources at The Daily Star say their printer unilaterally censored the photo.
Others who have edited publications registered abroad aren't buying it: They say the printer would sometimes warn them about content that could get an issue banned, but the final decision would always be the papers'.
But let's give The Daily Star the benefit of the doubt. So when are they firing their printer?
Reader Comments (8)
This is scandlous, and unethical! They should merge DSE with Rosa el-Youssef...
No way that's an honest mistake: The name at the top of the sheet in his right hand says it all. Cheers to whoever caught that.
Well, isn't that interesting. Shades of Soviet Russia...
The cheap journalistic standards of DS strike again. Waiting for the day it stops piggy-backing on Washington Post's name and folds.
"Name: Hosni Mubarak
Health: Zero
Education: Zero
(something): Zero
Torture: 10/10
Framing people: 10/10
Fraud: 10/10
Get rid of him"
Or something like that. (Disclaimer: translation by an officemate).
Nice catch. Free zone printers will print anything - and actually so will most of the privately run places in town - and then let you worry about the consequences. Especially if its in English. I would, however, be prepared to believe that Al Ahram is more proactive.
Be nice to hear from someone down at the DS on this.
Be nice to see the real pic run with a story on censorship.
Does 26 years of emergency law mean anything to you people? Let's remember that libel (whether real or imagined) against a dictator in an authoritarian regime can cause serious legal problems for a small publication. This photo was censored by hands outside of the DSEs editorial power. Full stop.
name of the guy in this picture is ahmed abdelgawad , he is an egyptian journalist in el-badeel news paper