Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Brandon's blog post

http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1208

This article focuses on the depiction of atrocities by American media. We often wonder why the U.S. did not do more to prevent the Holocaust and all of it seems to have to do with the fact that people did not know about it because it was not widely reported, as the article argues. It also brings up an interesting point about racism and media coverage - the minimal coverage of the genocide in Rwanda was tainted by its stereotypical portrayal of Africa and its people.

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