After an increase in anti-protester and anti-journalist violence in Cairo, news anchors Kate Couric and Brian Williams left Egypt, reports Media Decoder. Couric broadcast CBS Evening News from New York and Williams broadcast NBC Nightly News from Amman, Jordan.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper remains in Cairo despite being attacked twice. In a poorly lit broadcast from a secret location, Cooper said it’s impossible to bring cameras to Tahrir Square, where protests are ongoing, because the media has been systematically shut down.
ABC’s Christiane Amanpour also remains, snagging exclusive interviews with President Hosni Mubarak and Vice President Omar Suleiman. She and some ABC colleagues were targeted in separate carjacking incidents.
Al Jazeera’s website was briefly hacked this morning as well. A banner ad was replaced with the slogan “Together for the collapse of Egypt,” which linked out to a site criticizing the station. It’s only the latest of the “relentless” interference attempts, they told Journalism.co.uk.
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