Christiane Amanpour's Odd Egyptian Protest Video

The exchange below that Christiane Amanpour has with pro-Mubarak Egyptian protesters is odd. They tell her that they hate America, that they want Mubarak, and then at the end she seemingly ignores an Egyptian with an English accent who politely asks for a moment of her time. It’s a very weird clip to release. Why? Does it seem to anyone else that there is this floating narrative that Mubarak supporters are villains?

Nobody is arguing that Hosai Mubarak was a stand-up leader. A dictator for thirty years, he’s the lesser of a bad choice if the other choice is leadership from a candidate like Sami Enan who has Muslim Brotherhood backing. If the opposite to Mubarak is an actual fair election, then it’s a good thing. But when has there been an actual fair election in a similar political climate in the past? More importantly, when has this administration actually stood up for the results of a fair election when it doesn’t jive with the wishes of the dictocrat who wants to remain in power?

Considering all of this, I’m not surprised that any Egyptian protesters, much less the supporters of the secular Mubarak regime, like the United States when their only experience with our perspective of their news is slanted.