Moataz Matar : The price of popularity

Many Egyptians did not watch Modern Misr TV nor its daily show "Mahat Misr" (Cairo station) or even knew it except after its extensive coverage of Khaled Said's murder , it was more active than any news talk show despite the modest resources of the channel compared to the resources like Dream TV and ON TV for instance.
Matar
"Mahat Misr" TV host Moataz Matar made a name for himself in the coverage for taking side Khaled's family according to what I saw in the videos , his name was unknown to me but it turned out that he used to work in ART sports , anyhow we should not underestimate anyone because we all remember how Mahmoud Saad turned from Kawkab magazine chief in editor to the most paid TV host in the Arab world topping Egyptian tax payers celebs !!
Back to Moataz Matar , last 26th of July he began to sense that the MOI and the regime in general do not like what he had done in his show when he was denied from attending the first session of Khaled Said's trial. What happened then was just the beginning because Modern Misr had to stop shooting new  episodes from "Mahat Misr" TV show and re-airing old episodes from the show.
Since Khaled Said's coverage it was noticed that Matar started to host controversial figures like for instance Mussad Abu Fagr with special coverage on police abuse like for instance from couple of days ago he hosted a lady that claimed to be raped by policemen in an ambush.
I think that the show may have been suspended because of that last episode.
In a recent interview in Dostor Matar revealed that he was banned from hosting Ayman Nour in the show.
Matar does not know his fate yet in the channel but for sure he made for him a name in the Egyptian media.
 Update :
The show is back on air on the channel on the 4th of August 2010
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