Egyptian TV chief sacked after airing 'wrong Sisi interview'
Egyptian TV chief sacked after airing 'wrong Sisi interview'
Egyptian state TV mistakenly broadcast a one year old interview of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, causing the media chief to lose his job.
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The transmission was stopped once staff realised the error [Getty]
The head of news at Egypt's state television network ERTU has been fired after the network accidentally aired an old interview with the country's president.
Mostafa Shehata was sacked, according to al-Masry al-Youm, after the state broadcaster screened a year-old PBS interview with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday.
The state broadcaster had been scheduled to air an interview conducted by PBS presenter Charlie Rose with Sisi on the subject of human rights and religious discrimination in Egypt.
The interview took place on the sidelines of the UN general assembly meeting in New York.
The transmission was stopped once staff realised that an old interview was played.
Safaa el-Hegazy, the director of state-run Egyptian radio and television has described the incident as a "grave mistake" saying that an investigation was under way to determine who was responsible for the blunder.
In August, Hegazy attracted controversy after the ERTU chief allegedly barred eight anchor women from appearing on air for a month saying they were overweight and ordered them to go on a diet.
Commenting to AFP on his dismissal Shehata described his sacking as "illogical".
Mostafa Shehata was sacked, according to al-Masry al-Youm, after the state broadcaster screened a year-old PBS interview with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday.
The state broadcaster had been scheduled to air an interview conducted by PBS presenter Charlie Rose with Sisi on the subject of human rights and religious discrimination in Egypt.
The interview took place on the sidelines of the UN general assembly meeting in New York.
The transmission was stopped once staff realised that an old interview was played.
Safaa el-Hegazy, the director of state-run Egyptian radio and television has described the incident as a "grave mistake" saying that an investigation was under way to determine who was responsible for the blunder.
In August, Hegazy attracted controversy after the ERTU chief allegedly barred eight anchor women from appearing on air for a month saying they were overweight and ordered them to go on a diet.
Commenting to AFP on his dismissal Shehata described his sacking as "illogical".
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