US newsman apologises for neglecting DRC

To: "pen-l" <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: US newsman apologises for neglecting DRC
From: "Andrew Hagen" <xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:13:43 +0200 (SAST)

Dear pen-l

Andrew Hagen (xah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) spotted this on the IOL website and thought you'd find it interesting.

Andrew Hagen says:

US newsman apologises for neglecting DRC

"How can two-and-a-half million people die over a three-year period and we don't even notice?" A prominent American television journalist starts his programme on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo with an extraordinary apology, saying people should have been aware of the tragedy years ago, and blaming journalists for failing to give the story the attention it deserves.

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