In my first level of inquiry on the Darfur region, I searched my memory of the limited amount of television media that I've consumed recently, and the only story on Darfur that I recall was on Chinese investment in Khartoum, Sudan's largest and capital city. Some of the story contained information on Darfur, but I don't remember anything about immiseration. I never control TV - I only watch other people's TV - so I don't remember what channel it was on, but I watch the 'world' news at least 5 hours each week, including commercials. If it is not entirely outside of the media, then it is at least limited from some sectors of the media, assuming that the different corporations have different standards.
On my second level level of research I looked at the recent headlines for Darfur. The most recent story on Darfur in the St. Petersburg Times was on February 23, 2007, on page 4 of the Largo Times section. The first two paragraphs make a nice abstract of the article:
"Those who attend Ruth Messinger's talk about Darfur on Thursday should prepare for an earful. Expect the educator, advocate and activist on the genocide in western Sudan to use statistics to drive home her points:
-The genocide in Darfur is now in its fourth year.
-Close to 500,000 people have been slaughtered.
-2.5-million people have been displaced from their homes.
-4-million now depend on the outside world for survival.
In a telephone interview, Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, an international development organization that has been providing humanitarian aid to the displaced people of Darfur, said it's past time for people to get involved and take action."
Page 4 of the Largo Times is small-time for a non-Christian, humanitarian-aid-dispensing organization, or is it? Is it just normal? The article in the Tampa Tribune was on December 3 in the Nation/World section and contained a rather impressive fact-sheet on the region, though most of it is specific to Sudan, not Darfur. The article does not tell a first-hand account, as Sudan has "began imposing bureaucratic restrictions on international journalists." China is the country's main importer and exporter.
On my third level of investigation I used Google. I found some recent articles that were related to some of the previous themes I had encountered. I learned that the United States and United Kingdom are pushing for U.N. sanctions against Sudan and that Sudan has banned the media from reporting on war crimes in Darfur. The reporters in the U.S. have generally been saying "OK" but the U.N. has been saying "no" to see if additional peacekeeping troops will work. I also noticed that the U.S. has placed sanctions China.
So I'm at a point at my thinking where I believe that we should feed everything in the food chain, through the penguins, at least. If you are unsure, that includes human beings in Darfur, as well.
| Penguins are endangered because of human activities. | People in Darfur are endangered because of human activities. |
| Penguins might evolve into highly intelligent beings with some assistance. | The humans in Darfur are highly intelligent being who could be a valuable part of the world with some assistance. |
Excellent use of narrative to provide sense of text/context and guide readers, nice placement and mix of logical types. -ShareRiff
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