African tsunami news blackout...

Subject: African tsunami news blackout...
From: "Phillip St. James" <saint0 -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:41:41 -0800




Why is it that there has been absolutely no coverage of the devastation in
Kenya, Somalia, Reunion Island, the Seychelles, Tanzania, Madagascar, and
the Horn of Africa? This region was also hit hard by the Sumatran tsunami.

Does the African heritage of these victims determine the amount of coverage
the global news media permits?

When will we see live video news of the status of these African places?
Never? It certainly seems so...

Major media swimsuit photo sessions in the Seychelles are common. But
getting aid after the tsunami disaster to these mixed race and African
peoples seems to be less than an afterthought.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0501/S00012.htm

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0290958.htm

Will essential disaster recovery aid ever reach these people? Probably not,
and time is running out for them with no coverage whatsoever by the world's
global news organizations.

How will these people get their fair share of the disaster recovery pie if
no one knows that they are suffering and dying?

-phillip
Honolulu and Palo Alto


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