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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Genocide IS News: Beawitness.org
From a new American Progress Action Fund website, Beawitness.org:
Genocide is the ultimate crime against humanity. And a government-backed genocide is unfolding in the Darfur region of the Sudan. As the horror in Darfur continues, our major television news networks are largely missing in action.
During June 2005, CNN, FOXNews, NBC/MSNBC, ABC, and CBS ran 50 times as many stories about Michael Jackson and 12 times as many stories about Tom Cruise as they did about the genocide in Darfur.
Whether it is coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s, the Ethiopian famine in the 1980s, or recent coverage of the tsunami, television news can help stop grave injustices and end human suffering. Increased television coverage of the genocide in Darfur has the power to spur the action required to stop a devastating crime against humanity.
I've added a Beawitness.org badge to the right sidebar. Do the same if you feel the abhorrent state of mainstream media reporting bothers you as it does me. If you don't have a blog or website, become aware by browsing the website and checking out some stats and why putting pressure on news networks is important.
Read my post here for my thoughts on the MSM, which appears on a blog I maintained for a philosophy class this past semester.
Posted by Will at August 17, 2005 01:02 AM in In the News