Accuracy in Media

After the U.S. withdrew personnel from their embassy in Yemen, it marked the third embassy in the Arab Spring countries that the U.S. has shut down in recent years. However, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the U.S. is not “being run out of town” and said other Western countries have also done likewise. Yet, […]

WASHINGTON — Tunisia’s current government could be on its way out, if the opposition parties get their way. Reuters reports that the Islamist Ennahda party is facing criticism and calls to step down, after two opposition leaders were assassinated within the past six months. Ennahda was immediately blamed, but denied any involvement. It led to […]

WASHINGTON — Another Tunisian opposition leader has been killed in the post-Arab Spring turmoil. Mohamed Brahmi, was a member of the secular and nationalist Tunisian National Party, was shot and killed. Reuters reports that this is the second time that a Tunisian opposition leader has been assassinated in the post-Arab Spring turmoil. Chokri Belaid, who […]

WASHINGTON — After several Al Jazeera employees quit the television network and accused the network of propaganda, Al Jazeera is focusing their attention on complaints against the Egyptian government. Reuters reports that Al Jazeera reporters say the Egyptian government is trying to intimidate them as they report on the current upheaval within the country. Al […]

WASHINGTON — As the media spars over how to label the recent wave of protests and military intervention in politics, Egyptian’s interim leaders are planning for parliamentary elections to take place in February and presidential election the week after. Reuters reports that this six-month plan was unveiled and could help stabilize the country, after suffering […]

WASHINGTON — The Obama indecision continues as protests and violence rage in Egypt, who counted as a U.S. ally under the previous dictator Hosni Mubarak. Reuters reports that the Obama administration has not officially taken a side in the aftermath of the protests, which emboldened the Egyptian military to depose the Islamist and Egyptian President […]

WASHINGTON — More Egyptian unrest is threatening to unravel what the world is calling a military coup or a secular and democratic revolution. The Egyptian military, according to Reuters, selected the liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei as the interim prime minister and to help restore order. But, that quickly was put on hold as violent […]

WASHINGTON — After the Egyptian army issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the opposition and the Muslim Brotherhood-ran government to meet, Muslim Brotherhood head and current Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi refused to honor the ultimatum. Reuters reports that Morsi released a statement at 2. a.m. on Tuesday and said he had not been consulted before the […]

WASHINGTON — Under Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood government, the smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt were re-opened. Some thought that the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza would never close after this, but that day has apparently come. Reuters reports that the once-busy route between the Sinai desert and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip is now closed. […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama, on tour in Africa, recently weighed in on the impending democratic crisis in Egypt. A Reuters article put it best with their front-page title, “Obama tells Egyptians to talk, not fight”. Obama warned Egyptian protesters, who burned a Muslim Brotherhood office in Alexandria, of the escalating violence. He told […]