Imagine what news it would be if American television networks decided to pick up the story about the photo of Malik Obama wearing a Hamas scarf in Yemen, that we posted earlier this week (photo is on Malik’s own website for Obamabots who scream ‘photoshop’). It’d be pretty big news, right?
In Egypt, the scandal involving Malik Obama is everywhere. It’s much bigger than Bridgegate was in the U.S. and has certainly had more staying power. Prominent Arabic newspaper Al-Wafd has posted a news segment from Egypt on CBC Television about the story. For some perspective, this would be like, say, the New York Times posting a story / video from a CNN news report. Imagine what would happen if the Times posted this story: