George Robinson

When reporting on impoverished regions, Africa, So. Asia, Latin Amer. eliciting compassion, and implicitly soliciting aid, to accurately characterize a situation, you must include the 5 Ws & H. n the foregoing reporting it is essential to characterize the causes of people's plight. E,g,, A recent report by Nick Schifrin focused on food insecurity in Africa. An example was an UNEMPLOYED SINGLE! MOTHER WITH EIGHT! CHILDREN TO FEED! This is common in impoverished areas- these places are teeming with small children! What became of BIRTH CONTROL? This is the TWENTIETH CENTURY and some cultures mired living as if in the Bronze Age are self-sabotaging. Before broadcasting thinly disguised manipulative, emotional appeals to viewers to unbelt and send aid, responsible journalists' reports must call out local governments' failures, e.g. to provide/mandate birth control as a condition for receiving foreign aid. A responsible reporter will include the connection between cause and effect, and NOT BE GOVERNED BY "PC."