I was just talking with my wife today about the news--network news, mostly--and how, when it gets down to it, whether you lean toward FOXNews or CNN, you have to use discernment in your news viewing. It's all edited and decided upon for you. If you are not familiar with what has been happening in the Darfur region of Sudan, it might just be because the networks choose to make news out of other events. Please see this website for information on Darfur and the genocide happening there, and if you've followed the Sudan crisis at all, you can send an email to the major news networks letting them know of your concern for their poozely (a word my wife uses sometimes meaning something like another down home term, puny) news coverage. Also please note, once you visit the website, how much more newsworthy Michael Jackson is compared to thousands of slaughtered Africans.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Darfur and You
I was just talking with my wife today about the news--network news, mostly--and how, when it gets down to it, whether you lean toward FOXNews or CNN, you have to use discernment in your news viewing. It's all edited and decided upon for you. If you are not familiar with what has been happening in the Darfur region of Sudan, it might just be because the networks choose to make news out of other events. Please see this website for information on Darfur and the genocide happening there, and if you've followed the Sudan crisis at all, you can send an email to the major news networks letting them know of your concern for their poozely (a word my wife uses sometimes meaning something like another down home term, puny) news coverage. Also please note, once you visit the website, how much more newsworthy Michael Jackson is compared to thousands of slaughtered Africans.
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hey fundie. thanks for this reminder.
some of my favorite photographers are working towards this issue. ron haviv, james nachtwey and antonin kratochvil have taken some powerful photos in darfur. you can see some of their work on http://www.viiphoto.com
also, stephen has a hard time watching the news...it upsets him too much...(slanted, uninformed stories...interviews with uninformed poeple to further the slanted view...)
if you go to the vii photo site (www.viiphoto.com), click on "features" and then on Ron Haviv. He has some great recent images from darfur.
Thanks, WG, for the photo link.
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