Al-Masri Al-Yawm

A courageous Egyptian reporter that I respect sent me this (he does not want to be identified): ""The paper has been going through an editorial shift increasingly since the notorious Magdi El Gallad became the editor in chief. The paper is staffed with pro-government journalists today as well as others who are well known to have ties with security. There is increased dependance on "government sources" in contrast to "activist sources." For example if you look at their coverage of Islamists' news. Their correspondents used to quote three years ago "Islamist sources" when it came to news of police crackdowns. Now they quote "security sources" instead. And their reports are usually a copy and paste of the police charges. Magdy El Gallad's office is decorated by a golden framed picture of him meeting Mubarak, so what do you expect? The main shareholder of the paper for your information is Salah Diyab, a business tycoon who's involved in gas deals with Israel."