When there is NO bad news in Haiti, foreign media shift to...

So true Grant and Wood...positive news don't sell. Thank you Floyd for all you do ...Haiti is my country and every time I travel there and I get the chance to meet someone who came for missionary work there I thank he/she from the bottom of my heart because I understand the need in Haiti but ...the media hardly show progression in Haiti as if there is nothing good to say....Haiti ma

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diasporas,

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Grandstanding in the media is likely true. And your story hurts a little bit. Last time I was in Hinche my friend there said, When you come can you bring shoes for the children.

And that sending money is easier than packing shoes but there are so few kids' shoes available.

I told my grandsons, who told their friends, and Kids Helping Kids in Haiti collected 65 lbs of shoes.

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Yes, I am afraid it might be true about grandstanding in the media.

But your story hurts some too, because my friend in Hinche said to me, Next time you come could you bring shoes for the children, we have 90 orphans we a caring for. So my grandkids here in Virginia did a Kids helping Kids in Haiti shoe drive, and I was able to bring along 65 lbs of kid shoes.

I think those people do care for Haiti now. But they know so little except for Headlines in the media.

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I do not think that these people care about haiti.

All they care about is their jounalistic advancement.They will publish anything in order to get the world attention.

What they portray in their publication will have anyone thinking that there is nothing worthwhile in the country.

Haiti should be very selective about what they

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