In July 2013, an article by the Associated Press about media bias in Egypt following the military coup quoted Lina Atallah, editor-in-chief of "Mada Masr", as saying that there was increased pressure on journalists to toe the line, pointing to the coverage of protester killings, which repeated the military's version of the violence. "What's scary about this time around in the media performance is that there is much more agenda-setting from above," she said.