Comments on: Humanitarian aid and the power of the media http://petercasier.be/writing/humanitarian-aid-and-the-power-of-the-media/ My most notorious writings Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:25:30 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://petercasier.be/writing/humanitarian-aid-and-the-power-of-the-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Anonymous Sat, 30 May 2009 19:29:08 +0000 http://petercasier.be/writing/?p=1165#comment-1098 Sad indeed!<br /><br />Media is taking sides in conflicts but interesting that the same media outlets might also have philantrophic owners...?!<br /><br />Read a similar issue with BBC about Sudan. In that case the BBC through unbalanced reporting helped make a split in a resistance movement become reality.<br />By not reporting objectively and looking in a wider sense on the operation they actively helped deepen and prolongue the war in South Sudan. The split between SPLA and the SPLA-United/SSIM. Sad indeed!

Media is taking sides in conflicts but interesting that the same media outlets might also have philantrophic owners…?!

Read a similar issue with BBC about Sudan. In that case the BBC through unbalanced reporting helped make a split in a resistance movement become reality.
By not reporting objectively and looking in a wider sense on the operation they actively helped deepen and prolongue the war in South Sudan. The split between SPLA and the SPLA-United/SSIM.

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