Wash Post Attacked As Terrorist Mouthpiece

By Cliff Kincaid
August 25, 2013
NewsWithViews.com

Washington Post staffers cowered in the main lobby of their Washington, D.C. headquarters on Thursday as hundreds of Egyptian-American protesters chanted outside, in response to a protest leader with a bullhorn, that “The Washington Post is lying” and “The Washington Post [is] Supporting Terrorists.”

“A large group of Egyptian protesters rallied in front of The Washington Post offices on Thursday afternoon, registering their support for military leader Gen. Abdel Fatah el-Sissi and their opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood,” reported the Post. In fact, these were Egyptian-Americans, and the reason they were at the Post could be ascertained in their chants. They did support el-Sissi but also were disgusted by the paper’s failure to accurately cover events in Egypt, and to fix the blame for the attacks on Christian churches on the Muslim Brotherhood.

I covered and captured the protests in videos here and here. The Post reported that its main lobby “was shut down and no one was allowed in or out during the approximately half-hour that the protesters peacefully chanted and waved signs.”There was no need for this overreaction, as the demonstrators were indeed peaceful.

The Post couldn’t help reporting on a protest outside its own headquarters. But I also captured the demonstration, which moved from the White House to the offices of the paper. These were families, some with children. Many of the signs were directed in protest of President Obama’s support of Muslim Brotherhood terrorism. One said, “Obama STOP Supporting Murders of Muslim Brotherhood.” Another proclaimed, “We all call on our U.S. Government to stop supporting the Muslim Brotherhood terrorists.”

Several signs referred to al Qaeda as the military wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. One noted that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Another sign had Al Jazeera’s logo with a black mark through it. The Muslim Brotherhood TV channel is under investigation in Egypt and may be permanently banned,while being welcomed here in the United States under the name “Al Jazeera America.”

The reason for protesting the Post was apparent based on the front page of the paper on Wednesday, August 21, where Abigail Hauslohner, the Post bureau chief in Cairo, wrote a story which obscured the facts about those responsible for anti-Christian terrorism.

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