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A couple of contrasting healthcare stories from the developing world were aired on NBC and CBS. CBS had Mandy Clark file a portmanteau package that combined a pair of headline grabbers--Afghanistan and H1N1. She told us about the killer swine strain 'flu outbreak in Kabul, where schools and universities are closed, hospitals are underfunded and vaccine is unavailable. "Kabul is not the healthiest of environments at the best of times. There is no infrastructure for sewage or clean water, perfect conditions for a 'flu pandemic."
NBC's hard news standards were certainly slipping when it decided to devote an entire week of Making a Difference features to celebrities who volunteer for charity causes. Monday had Brian Williams, the anchor from New Jersey, profile Jon Bon Jovi, the rock singer turned housing activist from New Jersey. Part two saw Lester Holt trying to be less star struck, more interested in the underlying problem that his celebrity, singer Alicia Keys, is trying to alleviate. He traveled to Durban in a region of South Africa where the HIV infection rate is as high as 40%. Keys' foundation Keep a Child Alive fundraises for antiviral medication for orphanages there.
Holt still could not deliver a proper hard news report. What is the medication shortfall in that part of South Africa? What contribution is KCA making? Can charity be expected to be the solution to Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis? Why not government and organized international aid? What is the concrete difference that Keys' involvement is making?
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