{"id":652432,"date":"2017-01-09T03:52:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T03:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/09\/egypt-has-a-pr-problem-mcshane-says\/"},"modified":"2017-01-09T03:52:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T03:52:19","slug":"egypt-has-a-pr-problem-mcshane-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/01\/09\/egypt-has-a-pr-problem-mcshane-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt has a PR problem, McShane says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Economist\u2019s Cairo bureau chief Roger McShane is not happy with the way Egypt treats journalists and believes the country has a PR problem<\/strong>, he writes for the newspaper\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1843magazine.com\/dispatches\/the-daily\/egypts-pr-problem\">sister magazine 1843<\/a>. \u201cThe state often veers from one extreme to the other in its treatment of the press. We are blocked from reporting stories and berated for our bias, and then invited to grand events and fancy conferences \u2014 where we are often blocked from reporting and berated for our bias.\u201d McShane says that despite the mns of USD paid to Western PR firms, the efforts are undermined by officials \u201cwho are deeply suspicious of the press.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Economist\u2019s Cairo bureau chief Roger McShane is not happy with the way Egypt treats journalists and believes the country has a PR problem, he writes for the newspaper\u2019ssister magazine 1843. \u201cThe state often veers from one extreme to the other in its treatment of the press. 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