Hello,
I had a problem sending a post earlier and was only able to send comments, I was finally able to post now so please consider it as it is only 10 minutes past midnight :-).
As I stated in my previous comment on the post titled HALA SHOW, that fabricating stories and lying to the audience is unethical and irresponsible. In no means would the audience accept lies disregarding the intentions behind them. Hala Sarhan has not been officially accused of the charges against her however, she has a reputation for tending to create a public dilemma in her program by discussing contraversial and sensitive topics in an irresponsible manner. The episode is usually full of shouts and accusations from both sides of the argument, and the viewer rarely gains anything from her the discussion other than a headache.
As a media personality that has been broadcasting shows for over 25 years, I think that she should have known better than to fabricate the stories, that is if she had done so. She should have respected the field and career that she has been in for all these years and should have at least respected her audience. But instead she decided to fabricate to discuss a sensitive topic which is: prostitutes, and also broke her promise to the girls by showing their faces enough to be recognized easily.
Whether guilty or not, I believe that the audience that has been direspected for years by Dr. Hala Sarhan is now paying her back by believing the accusations (while if they were on a respected presenter they wouldn't have been so instantly widely believed) and demanding her show to be stopped. They are paying her back for years of irresponsibility and exaggeration when discussing sensitive topics, and for her attitude and behaviour that is against the basic manners of the coservative societies she is broadcasting to even in her entertaining episodes. Please dont misunderstand me I am not against her discussing sensitive or contraversial issues, I am just against her attitude while doing so.
But to be fair, we should address this incident separetly and not judge her on her long years in the media industry. We should all wait until the judgement of the Egyptian courts are out and then accuse her fully. And even if she is guilty of fabrication, accusations such as "intending to ruin the Egyptian image" are exaggerations. And the call of some extremists to cut her hand and leg...well that should not even be considered.
Finally, I wish that Dr. Hala Sarhan had respected her audience from the begining so that she would gain their support and trust immediately rather than appearing on a TV shw on Orbit and crying for almost 45 minutes as she gave an extended speech about her long path in the media and her numerous accomplishments to prove her innocense.