Haiti is a third world country. When they report on the conditions, it's as if the living conditions there were fabulous to begin with. The TV screen showed an image of a child running around without shoes (as if that didn't happen before the tragedy). They report how the electricity is out (when it was probably spotty at best). People were lacking basic health care before the earthquake. Life was never "fair" in Haiti.
I don't by any means want to discredit the tragedy that has occurred 0r to downplay the amount of help that is needed. I think here in America it is easy to turn a blind eye to those countries which need assistance and it is not until the media gets a "good story" that the blindfold is taken off.
Millions of dollars and resources will funnel into Haiti now for the help they've so desperately needed for years. A good thing. A very good thing. Why can't the media just use this influence and power they have to highlight other needy people, countries, or situations to bring about welcome change and help before a tragedy hits? Why do we have to hear every night how "bad" it is here in America - how Obama's approval ratings have dropped, how there may be one more democrat in office replacing Kennedy, or how expensive this war is becoming? We should use the power of the media to help vs. agitate people.
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