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[ NNSquad ] Egypt's Morsi "censors" U.S. Embassy tweet regarding Jon Stewart
Egypt's Morsi "censors" U.S. Embassy tweet regarding Jon Stewart
http://j.mp/XfWjpl (Sydney Morning Herald)
"The US Embassy in Cairo temporarily shut down its Twitter feed on
Wednesday and deleted a tweet linking to a video of The Daily Show, in
which host Jon Stewart mocked Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The
monologue about the arrest of an Egyptian satirist offended the
Egyptian government and sparked an unusual diplomatic incident. The
embassy's Twitter account was deleted - and then restored minus the
Stewart post - after Egyptian authorities objected to a tweet that
contained a link to Stewart's Monday show in which he joked about the
arrest of a high-profile satirist, Bassam Youssef, who has poked fun
at Dr Morsi, US officials said. The officials spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the matter
publicly."
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Maybe someone should inform Dictator Morsi about the "Streisand Effect."
If the Egyptian government hadn't thrown a tantrum over this tweet and
Stewart, most people would never have even seen the tweet or heard about it.
--Lauren--
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