Egypt's top TV satirist returns, criticizes public for lionizing Sisi


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  • Saturday, 08 Feb 2014

Popular Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef gestures as he talks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, January 15, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's top satirist returned to television on Friday for the first airing of his show since it was pulled three months ago, and he skewered the public and media for lionizing the army chief widely expected to be the country's next president.

In taking aim at the frenzy of support for Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bassem Youssef went further in his criticism of the army-backed political order than anyone else currently allowed on the airwaves.

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