Re: What story is missing from the news?

Description: The force beneath the massive conflicts.

Transcript: Well the big issue which doesn’t actually get the focus that it requires are issues of global poverty in the developing world. I mean there are still babies dying of diarrhea. And even the length of time that it takes us to do this interview, you know, maybe 10,000 babies will have died from curable diseases. So you know the . . . the news media has been dumbed down in many ways and things with celebrity and _________trivial or superficial. Matters are maybe because it’s . . . it’s a bird which needs to be fed. There’s so much media that deals with big atrocities or conflict situations. But beneath all of that . . . beneath all of that are issues which I firmly believe that people knew . . . that people knew ________ diarrhea can be cured for two cents . . . two cents. A small ________ of salt and sugar will stop a child from dying of diarrhea. If people knew that they would do something about it.

Recorded on: 10/8/07