Middle East Focus: Al-Ahram of Egypt: Shame? What is That?.......

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Al-Ahram of Egypt: Shame? What is That?.......

“If you have no shame…….
Then go do whatever you wish….” Good Arabic saying.

“Earlier today, Egypt's Al-Ahram, a state-run newspaper, told The Associated Press it stands behind the decision to publish an altered photograph from the White House, taken at the start of Mideast peace talks, saying the image was meant to illustrate how key a role Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is playing in the negotiations: In the original photograph, the leaders are walking to the East Room at the White House. President Obama is in the vanguard position, with, from left to right, Mubarak, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan………” NPR News

Egypt’s government-owned Al-Ahram has given an excuse that is worse than the original sin. They tried to brazenly justify faking a photo of world leaders to favor Mubarak. They were caught. Stupidly, they try to justify it and defend it. Unfortunately that is the way of the media of the Middle East; they are sycophantic toward the absolute rulers and would go to any length to stay that way. With the exceptions of Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq.
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