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Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Most bizarre talk show call-in ever

Most bizarre talk show call-in ever: Your representatives in the legislative branch of government set the bar for dissembling by public officials at a new low on Monday. We’ve always said the only thing worse than having no parliament is having a parliament, and offer this as our latest exhibit: MP Rashed Abou Al Eyoun called in to Moataz El Damerdash’s talk show on Mehwar TV (runtime: 5:45). At least that’s what El Demerdash thought — until a journalist called in to point out that the speaker was in fact the MP’s brother pretending to be him. When confronted by the shocked talk show host, the brother immediately handed the phone to the MP, who spent the rest of his time denying that anyone else had been speaking (despite the audible difference in the brothers’ voices).

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