Protests Erupt in Cairo Over Suspended Satirical TV Show Criticizing Military 🇪🇬

Angry protesters take to the streets of Cairo over the cancellation of a satirical tv show critical of the Egyptian military.<br/> <br />Several dozen turned out to demonstrate as night fell on Saturday.<br/> <br />Bassem Youssef's show was pulled off air on Friday, a week after he poked fun at the army chief who ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.<br/> <br />An anchor on the CBC channel said the previous episode had caused public discontent and violated editorial policy.<br/> <br />Yet Youssef's criticism of General Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi was mild compared to the jokes he aimed at the ousted president.<br/> <br />But this is a time of intense nationalism when the Egyptian media has been almost uniformly fawning in its coverage of Sisi.<br/> <br />Critics say the military is tightening its grip on power and returning the natino to its previous era of iron-fisted rule, an allegation it rejects.