In response to the international media response over the investigation and arrest of Sami Anan, the Egyptian State Information Service (SIS) issued a press release on Thursday accusing foreign media outlets of “unprofessional” coverage of Egypt’s elections. The SIS press release took a stab at the “sources,” the “facts,” and what it called the “treatment” of coverage. In the press release, the SIS questioned the reliability and fairness of the sources used in coverage of Egypt’s presidential election, accusing sources of coming “from the same batch,” especially, they say, in regards to the case of Anan. It also went on to state that foreign media coverage did not resort to official sources, in particular the National Elections Commission (NEC), the institution responsible for all relevant proceedings of the electoral process. The SIS press release also accused the media of “fabricating and exaggerating some incidents,” especially by linking the Anan case to other candidates’ cases.

Source: Egypt Independent January 26, 2018 11:48 UTC