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Michelle Obama face blurred by Saudi state television
- Published_at:2015-01-27
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Louis Fox
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- description: Saudis Say Michelle Obama Not Blurred on TV A small furor has erupted over whether a Saudi television station blurred out the image of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama in the broadcast of her and President Barack Obama’s meeting with new Saudi King Salman today in Riyadh. Saudi officials deny the claim. The new king shook hands with President Obama at the Erga Palace but didn’t acknowledge the first lady during a brief meeting at the funeral for King Abdullah. Barack and Michelle Obama cut short their trip to India to attend the funeral. Several videos posted on Saudis' Facebook pages obscured Michelle Obama's face. They were removed shortly after they were posted. I captured a screenshot of one such video before it was taken down. The Arab news service Mashahead posted on YouTube a video allegedly taken from the Saudi government television broadcast showing the blurred spot. However, Nail al-Jubeir, information director at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, e-mailed me that "Saudi TV has been showing the total arrival ceremony at the airport and at the Palace and nowhere is anything blurred." CNN's Hala Gorani tweeted that her colleague Nic Robertson, in Riyadh, saw non-blurred images on Saudi TV. Other news organizations, such as Al Jazeera, showed the meeting without obscuring Michelle Obama’s face. Saudi TV Blurs Michelle Obama Upon Her Visit to Pay Condolences For The Passing Of Their King Saudi TV Blurs Michelle Obama Upon Her Visit to Pay Condolences For The Passing Of Their King Saudi TV Blurs Michelle Obama Upon Her Visit to Pay Condolences For The Passing Of Their King Saudi TV Blurs Michelle Obama Upon Her Visit to Pay Condolences For The Passing Of Their King خادم الحرمين يستقبل الرئيس الأمريكي خادم الحرمين يستقبل الرئيس الأمريكي خادم الحرمين يستقبل الرئيس الأمريكي خادم الحرمين يستقبل الرئيس الأمريكي
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