Comments on: Is Media-overkill hurting the Haitian relief effort? http://www.journalismnow.com/news/blog-news/is-media-overkill-hurting-the-haitian-relief-effort Journalism News Source Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Laura http://www.journalismnow.com/news/blog-news/is-media-overkill-hurting-the-haitian-relief-effort/comment-page-1#comment-2 Laura Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:58:34 +0000 http://journalismnow.com/news/?p=269#comment-2 I think the media is doing its job here. I saw a story on how there were only three doctors at thebiggest hospital in Port Au Prince. They had no supplies, no support. They didn't even have rubbing alchohol or surgical tools. One of the doctors had to do an amputation with a hack saw. Most of the patients languished without treatment. I thought to myself if the reporters can get there, then where the heck is the army? I didn't think to myself, the reporters are in the way or sensationalizing the story. They are doing their job. Why wasn't the military taking charge of that hospital four days into the catastrophe? I was outraged. Thank god the media is covering this story, because outrage leads to change. I think the media is doing its job here. I saw a story on how there were only three doctors at thebiggest hospital in Port Au Prince. They had no supplies, no support. They didn’t even have rubbing alchohol or surgical tools. One of the doctors had to do an amputation with a hack saw. Most of the patients languished without treatment.

I thought to myself if the reporters can get there, then where the heck is the army? I didn’t think to myself, the reporters are in the way or sensationalizing the story. They are doing their job. Why wasn’t the military taking charge of that hospital four days into the catastrophe? I was outraged. Thank god the media is covering this story, because outrage leads to change.

]]>