From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone. The image ricocheted around the world beginning last weekend in Cairo.

A woman is beaten to the ground by members of the military who proceed to drag, club, and stomp on her,

even as her abaya is pulled over her head,

exposing her blue bra and torso.

After a few seconds, she appears to be unconscious, but the beating goes on.

Filmed by a professional cameraman, both the footage and the still are reproduced everywhere,

making it crystal clear that, at least in this case,

the once vaunted military has brutally turned on Egyptian protesters.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expresses outrage, and on Tuesday, 10,000 people, mostly

women, march in Cairo, many carrying photos of the blue bra woman.

Isander El Amrani is a journalist in Cairo who's been following the Egyptian media's coverage of the story.

Isandar, welcome to the show.

My pleasure.

So I notice you've been resorting to a pun that dates back to the early days of vaudeville, you call Egypt still

the land of denial. Yeah, it's a golden oldie, and it seems more true than ever these days,

when you have so much just complete blatant denial of reality by the military rulers of Egypt

and by their supporters in the Egyptian media who

will deny what everyone is seeing on video that the Egyptian army has in the last few weeks

moved to crush protests in a way that's so shocking.

It seems as if the control over the press is not as pervasive as it used to be.

No, but you have to remember the outrage was not immediate.

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