CAIRO -

A fabricated telephone intervention by the international Egyptian surgeon Magdi Yacoub punished a television program with suspension, sparking a wide wave of ridicule and interaction on social media platforms in Egypt.

The Supreme Council for Media Regulation decided to stop the "Life is Better" program - which is shown on the "Al-Hadath Al-Youm" channel - and to refer the channel's officials for investigation, and to address the Media Syndicate to deal with the disciplinary aspect of the program's presenters.

He also issued a statement announcing the suspension of the program, after its broadcasters broadcast a "fabricated" call to the international Egyptian cardiologist, in which a person was spoken by phone as Dr. Yaqoub, which sparked a wave of criticism and ridicule.

The channel's officials defended themselves by saying that they were also defrauded by someone who claimed to be Yaqoub's assistant, who could persuade him to talk to the program.

wide irony

A circulating clip of the intervention showed that the program's presenters, who are not famous like the channel, welcomed the international doctor, noting their celebration that the program's first intervention would be on his part.

The impersonator began talking about the role of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in calling for humanitarian initiatives, directing his call to doctors to participate in the initiative launched by the program in the interest of the country, he said.

A "false intervention" stops a TV program.. A caller impersonates the famous surgeon Magdi Yacoub on "Al-Hadath Al-Youm" channel, and the Media Syndicate decides to prosecute the channel criminally pic.twitter.com/K1BJ0bqGSs

— Al Jazeera Egypt (@AJA_Egypt) February 9, 2022

The seller who bought air and worked as a broadcaster was a meeting worker who returned with Dr. Magdi Yaqoub on the Health and Beauty channel. Every time he goes to a station, he takes Dr. Magdi Yaqoub with him.

— Dalia (@daliaAO) February 9, 2022

We have reached this point of fraud and forgers on the air with sound and video 😳 https://t.co/He1UO05YUw

— hala (@HalaElZieny) February 9, 2022

Where are the media leaders in this farce, rather the crime? https://t.co/W7A3uJk5cr

— Bahia, 🇪🇬 (@bahia0000) February 9, 2022

@CabinetEgy


Broadcasters like these countries bring negative and negative results to the citizen , I hope


the state cares about the content that comes out of these channels https://t.co/8DOnhWNhtP

— 𝖂𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝕾𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖎𝖒 (@WSaleim) February 9, 2022

media denunciation

A number of Egyptian journalists and media professionals denounced the program's fabrication of a call with a person worth the value of this world surgeon.

But the journalist Sharif Amer sparked another controversy when he criticized what happened, stressing the importance of checking the information, which prompted some activists to ridicule him because of what happened recently when this announcer hosted a person on his program who falsely claimed that he worked as an "analyst" and that he married more than 30 women in order to help them. To return to their husbands after the third shot.

At the same time, tweeters revealed that the incident was not the first of its kind, and that the same program presenter had previously hosted the fake Dr. Yaqoub while he was working on another channel.

This is not media, this is absurd.. Al-Dehi opens fire after a false intervention on the air with #Magdy_Yacoub #Bil_Wal_Al_Qalam |

#TeNTV pic.twitter.com/D11SiDe8Qv

— A pen and paper program (@blwar2awel2alm) February 9, 2022

Sharif Amer's comment on the fact that one of the channels fabricated a fake call with Dr. Magdi Yacoub

You can watch the full episode on Shahid (watch for free) https://t.co/i6gz5gIwTh # Happening_in_Egypt #MBCMASR pic.twitter.com/cX1cCGF9KM

— MBC Egypt (@mbcmasr) February 9, 2022

I agreed with Trump to make an intervention with me in the first episode of the new program..he agreed...almost he would make an intervention after Magdi Yacoub in the channel to it, but the time was tight #fuss

— Jaber Al-Qarmouty (@gaberelkarmouty) February 9, 2022

I saw a little and a lot.. but that much?!!

Are you bringing one impersonating Dr. Magdi Yacoub?!!!

They changed the name of the channel to the monument today?!!

This channel needs to be burnt.. I don't understand, God pic.twitter.com/Lnq1fcmr9u

— Yasmin Mahfouz (@YasminMahfouz) February 9, 2022

But the Egyptian Al-Hadath channel, who made themselves talk to Magdy Yaqoub, this is a very prostitute scientist 😂


No, and Sherif Amer wrote the video for those who may be interested,


this is based on the fact that there is no swindler in his program that tells stories inspired by imagination!


How much disappointment tic media

- Shlolo 🔴 (@Manoz_sh) February 9, 2022

scam victims

For their part, the presenters of the program tried to disavow responsibility for what happened and said that they had been subjected to a fraud and fraud in a professional manner, and the announcer of the episode, Sherif Adel, told Al-Watan newspaper, that the story began about a year and a half ago during his presentation of another program on the “Health and Beauty” channel, where he communicated with him. A person, who identified himself as one of Dr. Yacoub's assistants in his medical institution, offered them to enter the "Sir" in an intervention with them as a supporter of the initiative.

The presenter of the program, Nouran Mahmoud, confirmed that she and the program team do not have the personal number of the famous heart surgeon, and that the person who claimed to be the assistant of the world surgeon refused to give the program team Jacob's number, justifying that it is a personal number that the famous surgeon does not want to trade with others.