A Media War in Egypt

     With there still being protests taking place in Egypt, the article "As Clashes Continue in Egypt, A Media War Breaks Out" founded in NYTimes.com and written by David D. Kirkpatrick, discusses how a whole new type of battle broke out this Sunday in Cairo. The battle consists between the Egyptian's own state-run media and the independent media on whose to blame for the violence that is recently taking place. Human rights advocates are blaming that the Egyptian government has ordered a campaign of distortion specifically to cover up violence done by the military. The biggest problem now brought up because of this war, is the support of the public. Since there in no public support on either side, there is no final decision made whether the newly elected parliament will control of the government and the new constitution or the military instead. New videos shown on Egyptian television have presented the military shooting protesters within very close range that ended up as being fatal. Despite the fact that former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is gone, there is still much violence and chaos left in the country. Unfortunately, most of the killings and beatings are being done by their own military. Based off of this article, it is obvious it is going to take a while until the government and life in Egypt become stable.