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Egypt – Mass Media Gave Fake Numbers of Protesters. Example: the New York Times Fallacy

In two earlier articles published under the titles ‘'The Collapse of the Mubarak Regime and the Re-birth of Egypt'' (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/the-collapse-of-the-mubarak-regime-and-the-re-birth-of-egypt.html), and ‘'Egypt in Crisis, Self-governed Cairo, and the Emergence of Egypt's Civil Society'' 

(http://www.buzzle.com/articles/egypt-in-crisis-self-governed-cairo-and-the-emergence-of-egypts-civil-society.html), I expanded on the underlying reasons of the present socio-political upheaval in Egypt, and on the socio-political developments that took place in Cairo during the week 28 January – 3 February.

 

I added that it would be very simplistic to establish a divide of the type ‘'civil, democratic society supporters vs. an autocratic regime'', and I specified that for many long decades the Western mass media diffused worldwide an altered image of the Egyptian reality, thus helping the local regime myths remain intact in Egypt, and the global public opinion stay in mysteries.

 

In the present article, I will offer a striking example of journalistic fallacy published in the New York Times, which contradicts the diagram they offered to their readers.

 

‘'Hundreds of thousands'' were never in Tahrir square prior to Mubarak's removal on 11 February 2011, because presently, the famous Down Town Cairo square simply cannot accommodate even 100000 (one hundred thousand) people.

 

As a matter of fact, in front of the Egyptian Museum and on the back side of the former Nile Hilton (that is under reconstruction) and the Arab League building, there are works at the grounds in the sizeable area that was in the past the Tahrir bus station. During the recent manifestations, not a single protester had access to the said construction area which remained out of reach for all; similarly, the small street which, alongside the aforementioned area, leads from the back entrance of the Arab League building to the main entrance of the Egyptian Museum was sealed off to protesters. Finally, the courtyard of the Mogama building remained inaccessible to the gathering people.

 

7. The area where the Tahrir square protesters gathered comprises of the following parts:

 

a. from the end of Qasr el Aini street to the central roundabout of Tahrir square (the space between the American University and the Mogama building),

 

b. the central roundabout of Tahrir square,

 

c. the Mogama building gardens (beyond the courtyard in front of the building),

 

d. the nearby underground garage gardens,

 

e. the street leading from the central roundabout of Tahrir square to the corniche

and the Qasr el Nil bridge,

 

f. the street leading from the central roundabout of Tahrir square to the intersection with Champollion street (opposite to the Egyptian Museum gardens) and further on up to the intersection with Mahmud Bassiyuny street (opposite to the backside of the enclosure wall of the Egyptian Museum / see here: http://www.touregypt.net/map06.htm),

 

g. the area between the backside of the enclosure wall of the Egyptian Museum and the Ramsis Hilton Hotel (part of this area is under the 6th October bridge and other passageways),

 

h. small parts of nearby streets close to the above area, notably in Talaat Harb street, and Champollion street, and to lesser extent in Muhammad Mahmud street, Tahrir street, Al Bostan street, and Qasr el Nil street, and

 

i. the corniche from the Radio & Television building to the Hotel Intercontinental

 

As it can be easily understood, the above points a to i encompass an area that is far wider than Tahrir square stricto sensu; but the density of the people gathered to protest was scarce to very scarce in the above parts g, h, and i, whereas the density was also meagre in several spots in the above parts a, c, d, e, and f.

 

In fact, high density was noticed in the central roundabout of Tahrir square and toward the beginning of Tahrir street and Talaat Harb street, let's say from in front of Hardee's fast food restaurant and up to the Telephone Office, before the intersection with Al Bustan street (ahead of the nearby intersection with Qasr el Nil street and Champollion street. In the street leading from the central roundabout of Tahrir square to the corniche and the Qasr el Nil bridge, high density was attested only up to the metro station exits (on either parts of the street).

 

With high density meaning four (4) persons per m2, the aforementioned data makes clear that in the high density area there were ca. 32000 to 35000 people. In various degrees of lower density (in above points g and i, it was less than 1 person per m2), there were another 20000 to 30000 people in all the other parts of the aforementioned areas.

 

Comically enough, the disreputable and misleading New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/02/03/world/middleeast/20110203-tahrir-square-protest-diagram.html#panel/5) offered their readers a diagram of the above described area that, even under terms of utmost density (four persons per m2), cannot accommodate more than 100000 people (part coloured in light brown as per the above link).

 

Safely enough, they did not offer any map scale (as it can be noticed in the earlier link), because all of their readers would protest against the New York Times' filthy lie stated in the shameful text under the title ‘'The Battle for Tahrir Square'' (‘'Sunday, Feb. 6 - Defying government calls for a return to normalcy, more than 100000 turned out to protest in the square'').

 

This minor example typifies very well the incredible score of fallacies diffused by the orchestrated mass media of the global word order. On this subject, I will further expand in a forthcoming article.

About the Author

Orientalist, Historian, Political Scientist, Dr. Megalommatis, 54, is the author of 12 books, dozens of scholarly articles, hundreds of encyclopedia entries, and thousands of articles. He speaks, reads and writes more than 15, modern and ancient, languages. He refuted Greek nationalism, supported Martin Bernal´s Black Athena, and rejected the Greco-Romano-centric version of History. He pleaded for the European History by J. B. Duroselle, and defended the rights of the Turkish, Pomak, Macedonian, Vlachian, Arvanitic, Latin Catholic, and Jewish minorities of Greece. Born Christian Orthodox, he adhered to Islam when 36, devoted to ideas of Muhyieldin Ibn al Arabi. Greek citizen of Turkish origin, Prof. Megalommatis studied and/or worked in Turkey, Greece, France, England, Belgium, Germany, Syria, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Russia, and carried out research trips throughout the Middle East, Northeastern Africa and Central Asia. His career extended from Research & Education, Journalism, Publications, Photography, and Translation to Website Development, Human Rights Advocacy, Marketing, Sales & Brokerage. He traveled in more than 80 countries in 5 continents. He defends the Human and Civil Rights of Yazidis, Aramaeans, Turkmen, Oromos, Ogadenis, Sidamas, Berbers, Afars, Anuak, Furis (Darfur), Bejas, Balochs, Tibetans, and their Right to National Independence, demands international recognition for Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and Transnistria, calls for National Unity in Somalia, and denounces Islamic Terrorism. Freedom and National Independence for Catalonia, Scotland, Corsica, Euskadi (Bask Land), and (illegally French) Polynesia! Break Down the Persian Tyranny of the Ayatullahs of Iran! Freedom for 25 million Azeris in Southern Azerbaijan!

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