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Is it me, or have the US media been rather quiet about the Pakistan earthquake even though the UN says the need for aid has exceeded that of last year’s tsunami? 73,000 are dead, 3.5 million need medical care, and 3.2 million have no shelter as winter approaches in the Himalyas.
… Yeah, so I’m going to rent Ep III this weekend, I guess.
It’s also hard to find easy ways to donate. I finally found information on PayPal donations to the President’s Relief Fund (President of Pakistan, that is) on the Embassy’s site. Link to actual PayPal button here, though it links to a “Rising Leaders” fund. *shrug* Maybe it’s just bad logistics. Where are Bush and Clinton? I guess they can’t do a relief gig for every disaster in the world.
Maybe I’ll just donate to Doctors Without Borders.
November 4th, 2005 at 5:56 pm
My comment a little while back:
“bad timing on this quake – coming just after Katrina and during baseball playoffs and early in football season.”
I’m not sure if people thought I was joking or not, but I wasn’t.
November 5th, 2005 at 5:54 am
I believe Doctors Without Borders is legit. And according to NPR, they are in Pakistan for earthquake relief. Winter in the mountains of Pakistan without shelter is lethal. Notice Katrina is forgotten as well.
November 5th, 2005 at 2:27 pm
The term I heard recently was “compassion fatigue.” At some point the public tunes it all out. And the media has moved on to scandal (bush, rove) which is much easier for them to talk (argue) about.
November 9th, 2005 at 10:37 am
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