Heretical Orthodoxy

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Friday, August 05, 2005

A human face on the situation

NYC's famously smarmy Gawker usually has little redeeming usefulness (though since I'm in the magazine biz I read it anyway.) However, today they had a great post pointing out the neo-colonial approach of major media organizations to third-world crises.

As they put it, starving African children -- no human faces. Rich white anchor -- human face!

Read it here: "And Such A Nice Human Face".

I'm back, by the way.