Sunday, February 06, 2011

Egypt's ElBaradei on Meet the Press

ElBaradei, an opposition leader, said Mubarak doesn't have to leave Egypt. He's an Egyptian, he said. The Mubarak regime met today with the Muslim Brotherhood and youth opposition groups -- not ElBaradei, who said he hasn't been part of the talks. I take all of the U.S. media coverage of Egypt's revolt with a grain of salt (especially the emoting Anderson Cooper's).

Richard Engel gives an update:


Gregory hit the nail on the head when he asked former Secretary of State James Baker about folks romanticizing the revolt in Egypt. Without a doubt, there's some serious romanticizing about the uprising on Twitter. There's also some romanticizing by our media.