Media coverage in developing countries

developing countries. And most people simply believe what they read or watch on television without questioning.

outright killing and rape. They do not fix a government in denial of these problems. They do not stop the displacement of thousands of Sudanese Africans to refugee camps.

In an international stage dominated by the war in Iraq, the more humanitarian tendencies of the U.S. fighting force seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle.

The answer is simple: Money and troops do not appear out of thin air. Whether it is for oil or democracy, the troops and money are needed in Iraq. However, the question must be posed: What if there was no war in Iraq? Would the landscape of conflict in Sudan look different? What if half the media coverage devoted to the war in Iraq on a daily basis went to the conflict in Sudan? Would the American people look at it in a different way? My personal answer is, yes. However, with little more than a mention here and an emotional article there, this human rights disaster seems doomed to quietly wait out seemingly more significant conflicts in quiet desperation.