Tuesday, February 02, 2010
AS HAITI AID MISSION FAILS, WHAT NEXT TO SPEED RECOVERY?
"Haiti is already fading from the headlines. The desperation of the population in what was called the "rescue" phase of the relief effort is giving way to "silver-lining" talk of recovery and rebuilding.
Even as the death count mounts, this apocalyptic disaster no longer has the ability to shock, perhaps because of media overexposure. The media well of compassion -- fueled by images of lovable orphans and live extractions of half-dead individuals from the rubble -- is running dry as a "been there, done that' feeling sets in among TV execs who sense that the audience will soon become jaded and turn away."
From: http://ping.fm/QLHig
Even as the death count mounts, this apocalyptic disaster no longer has the ability to shock, perhaps because of media overexposure. The media well of compassion -- fueled by images of lovable orphans and live extractions of half-dead individuals from the rubble -- is running dry as a "been there, done that' feeling sets in among TV execs who sense that the audience will soon become jaded and turn away."
From: http://ping.fm/QLHig
# posted by redlion @ 11:51 am 
