Gulf News reports that 22 upset staff members resigned on Monday from Al Jazeera out of protest, with the Al Jazeera anchor Karem Mahmoud who said that the resignations are due to "a perceived lack of commitment and Al Jazeera professionalism in media coverage".
According to Karem Mahmoud, as reported by Gulf News, "the management in Doha provokes sedition among the Egyptian people and has an agenda against Egypt and other Arab countries".
Karem Mahmoud told Gulf News that Al Jazeera management allegedly told Al Jazeera staff "to favour the Muslim Brotherhood".
Four staff members in Doha of Al Jazeera who are Egyptians also resigned in protest, according to Gulf News. On Sunday Haggag Salama, an Al Jazeera cprrespondent in Luxor in Egypt also resigned, saying in an interview that Al Jazeera is "airing lies and misleading viewers".
International 24-hour TV news channels have been struggling since last week with covering the coup of the Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, the popular social upheaval and now conflict in the Northern African country.
The Egyptian military has clamped down on Al Jazeera by detaining staff with Al Jazeera demanding the release of its personnel.
The BBC's Jeremy Bowen was shot and injured whilst reporting, and CNN International's Ben Wedeman had his live shot interrupted and CNN's camera confiscated by the Egyptian military.
Ben Wedeman also decided to stay away from Tahrir Square, the result of angry Egyptians upset with CNN International's coverage of the social upheaval in the country.
