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Again, as Rebecca Solnit tells us in her excellent book, A Paradise Built in Hell, the most important first responders are the people in the affected areas. Media loves looters. From the article- According to a friend who has worked in Haiti and the Philippines, “What happens when media talk up security issues is that aid agencies get worried about security of distributions, so they hold off until they have adequate security support. The velocity of distribution is dramatically slowed down. Scaremongering undermines the relief effort.” This dynamic happened in Haiti, and it’s happening here.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:50:19 +0000

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