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Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned - Cairo

May 28th, 2012 by Nameer Galal
Nameer Galal
Cairo, Egypt, Middle East
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A Panicked Girl outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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Thousands of leaflets cover the ground outside the ransacked headquarter of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq in Cairo.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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Fire car at the scene after the headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq were ransacked and burnt.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq in Cairo May 28, 2012.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq in Cairo May 28, 2012.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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The outside door of the headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq is seen surrounded by media and supporters.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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Supporters express their anger outside the ransacked headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafiq.
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  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
  • Headquarters of presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik burned Cairo
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Attackers set fire, Monday, to the headquarters of Egyptian presidential runoff candidate Ahmed Shafiq, an ex-prime minister under the ousted regime of Hosni Mubarak. Supporters of Shafik came to party headquarters in the night to show their support.

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Aishah_Schwartz
As a general rule Demotix
Submitted by Aishah Schwartz on Tue, 29/05/2012 - 01:39.

As a general rule Demotix editors are oft quick to edit user story titles, intros and captions, however in the case of:
Unidentified burned the headquarters of the candidate Ahmed Shafik
http://www.demotix.com/news/1242678/unidentified-burned-headquarters-candidate-ahmed-shafik -- something obviously went wrong.

There is a world of difference between "ransacked headquarters" and "burned the headquarters". There is not a single photo in this album that demonstrates fire, a burning building, or even burned items from within the headquarters. There is a photo of a fire truck -- but you can find these all over the city tonight in both Cairo and Alexandria. Where is the photo showing the firemen with water hoses putting out the alleged fire?

We need to be more responsible than this.

Just the other day a photo that was taken by a journalist in 2003, in IRAQ, was used to depict a casualty scene after one of the ongoing massacres in Syria. This was an epic fail on the part of the BBC. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9293620/BBC-News-uses-Iraq-photo-to-illustrate-Syrian-massacre.html

I believe that Demotix strives for the higher moral ground in journalistic integrity than did the BBC and will demonstrate this by correcting the above referenced story title.

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