What are the media’s moral obligations in making society aware of extreme poverty in the world?

[Elizabeth502]

Can you provide an Internet link to these types of stats from a major news network? Do a Google search on “extreme poverty” and see how many come up from a major news network.

Why? What is your purpose? And why are you so focused & argumentative about this?

I don’t have to use your Google terms. I can use my own, but frankly this is a gigantic waste of my time. It seems that you could use help selecting optimum terms for searches. Surely someone on this site can help you.

The phrase “extreme poverty” may or may not turn up what you assume it will. It might turn up a definition instead.

Do you have nothing more constructive to do with your time? (Like maybe, coming up with a plan to eradicate extreme poverty?) Just remember that coming up with a plan involves radical political changes in sub-Saharan Africa and South America, where most of the “extreme” poverty is the result of corruption and mismanagement, not to mention oligarchies.

 

[Robert_Sock]

Why? What is your purpose? And why are you so focused & argumentative about this?

I don’t have to use your Google terms. I can use my own, but frankly this is a gigantic waste of my time. It seems that you could use help selecting optimum terms for searches. Surely someone on this site can help you.

 

[Elizabeth502]

worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm

thp.org/learn_more/issues/know_your_world_facts_about_hunger_and_poverty

library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats.htm

dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-world-hunger

Took me 90 seconds.

 

[Elizabeth502]

globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

Took me 30 seconds.

 

[Elizabeth502]

statisticbrain.com/world-poverty-statistics/

onedayswages.org/about/what-extreme-global-poverty

60 seconds

 

[Robert_Sock]

Which of these are from a major news network that enables stats to be transmitted to the masses?

My question:

Can you provide an Internet link to these types of stats from a major news network? Do a Google search on “extreme poverty” and see how many come up from a major news network.

 

[Elizabeth502]

Which of these are from a major news network that enables stats to be transmitted to the masses?

nbcnews.com/id/39236282/ns/world_news/t/battle-against-extreme-hunger-falling-short/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/04/02/world-bank-president-wants-to-wipe-out-extreme-poverty-by-2030/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/01/china-leads-the-way-in-eradicating-extreme-world-poverty/

theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/12/msnbc-anchors-easy-solution-to-ending-poverty-giving-people-money/

blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/04/17/where-the-worlds-poorest-people-live/

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578526822986414876.html

blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/25/how-to-read-indias-poverty-stats/

nytimes.com/2013/05/02/arts/music/global-poverty-project-rewards-activism-with-concert-tickets.html?_r=0

nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/is-it-crazy-to-think-we-can-eradicate-poverty.html?pagewanted=all

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I don’t have to waste any more time here. This ^ took me a few minutes. Maybe there’s something wrong with your computer and you should get it fixed, perhaps.

 

[Mark121359]

nbcnews.com/id/39236282/ns/world_news/t/battle-against-extreme-hunger-falling-short/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/04/02/world-bank-president-wants-to-wipe-out-extreme-poverty-by-2030/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/01/china-leads-the-way-in-eradicating-extreme-world-poverty/

theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/12/msnbc-anchors-easy-solution-to-ending-poverty-giving-people-money/

blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/04/17/where-the-worlds-poorest-people-live/

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578526822986414876.html

blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/25/how-to-read-indias-poverty-stats/

nytimes.com/2013/05/02/arts/music/global-poverty-project-rewards-activism-with-concert-tickets.html?_r=0

nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/is-it-crazy-to-think-we-can-eradicate-poverty.html?pagewanted=all

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I don’t have to waste any more time here. This ^ took me a few minutes. *** Maybe there’s something wrong with your computer and you should get it fixed, perhaps.***

Peace, Mark

 

[Robert_Sock]

nbcnews.com/id/39236282/ns/world_news/t/battle-against-extreme-hunger-falling-short/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/04/02/world-bank-president-wants-to-wipe-out-extreme-poverty-by-2030/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/01/china-leads-the-way-in-eradicating-extreme-world-poverty/

theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/12/msnbc-anchors-easy-solution-to-ending-poverty-giving-people-money/

blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/04/17/where-the-worlds-poorest-people-live/

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578526822986414876.html

blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/25/how-to-read-indias-poverty-stats/

nytimes.com/2013/05/02/arts/music/global-poverty-project-rewards-activism-with-concert-tickets.html?_r=0

nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/is-it-crazy-to-think-we-can-eradicate-poverty.html?pagewanted=all

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I don’t have to waste any more time here. This ^ took me a few minutes. Maybe there’s something wrong with your computer and you should get it fixed, perhaps.

Which of these actually reports the stats, such as how many children starve each year? The ones you listed state some states sporadically, but only one of your articles reports any meaningful stats, and even there it falls way short of the type of stats I’m talking about.

As gracepoole already pointed out, there are articles out there in the main media on extreme poverty, but they account for less than 1% of the news.

 

[Elizabeth502]

wfp.org/hunger/stats

actionagainsthunger.org/impact/nutrition?gclid=CPWf-sDcuLkCFc57QgodDXYApQ

statisticbrain.com/world-hunger-statistics/

Give it up, Robert. It takes good sportsmanship to admit when you’ve lost and you’ve lost on all counts.

First, you maintained that one could not use search terms such as “poverty”
Second, you switched to “major news outlets”
Third, you focused on children alone.

Ready to quit yet and admit defeat?

Anyone who is interested in global causes at all will make it his responsibility to examine beyond 60-second-sound-bites.

 

[Robert_Sock]

wfp.org/hunger/stats

actionagainsthunger.org/impact/nutrition?gclid=CPWf-sDcuLkCFc57QgodDXYApQ

statisticbrain.com/world-hunger-statistics/

Give it up, Robert. It takes good sportsmanship to admit when you’ve lost and you’ve lost on all counts.

First, you maintained that one could not use search terms such as “poverty”
Second, you switched to “major news outlets”
Third, you focused on children alone.

Ready to quit yet and admit defeat?

Anyone who is interested in global causes at all will make it his responsibility to examine beyond 60-second-sound-bites.

As gracepoole already pointed out, there are articles out there in the main media on extreme poverty, but they account for less than 1% of the news.

And again, your articles report the stats sporadically. Reread my question:

Can you provide an Internet link to these types of stats from a major news network? Do a Google search on “extreme poverty” and see how many come up from a major news network.

Far less than 1% I suppose!

 

[Robert_Sock]

wfp.org/hunger/stats

actionagainsthunger.org/impact/nutrition?gclid=CPWf-sDcuLkCFc57QgodDXYApQ

statisticbrain.com/world-hunger-statistics/

Give it up, Robert. It takes good sportsmanship to admit when you’ve lost and you’ve lost on all counts.

First, you maintained that one could not use search terms such as “poverty”
Second, you switched to “major news outlets”
Third, you focused on children alone.

Ready to quit yet and admit defeat?

Anyone who is interested in global causes at all will make it his responsibility to examine beyond 60-second-sound-bites.

My last post was in reference to your previous links. Your new links are not from a major news network. And, I already knew that your new articles existed on non-major Internet sites… I already posted one of my own here: forums.catholic-questions.org/showpost.php?p=11171320&postcount=279 I never said that you could not search “poverty;” please link the post where I said that.

Reread my challenges:

Can you provide an Internet link to these types of stats from a major news network? Do a Google search on “extreme poverty” and see how many come up from a major news network.

LOVE, my sister Elizabeth, LOVE. No need to try and belittle me.

 

[Robert_Sock]

2.4 billion people living on less than $2 a day (USD)! Imagine all that human potential being put to work in meaningful jobs!!! Imagine the super-strong economy that would result! Imagine the technological advances that could be had as a result! Imagine how the standard of living would increase for all! It all starts with mandatory education for all children.

 

[tabycat]

nbcnews.com/id/39236282/ns/world_news/t/battle-against-extreme-hunger-falling-short/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/04/02/world-bank-president-wants-to-wipe-out-extreme-poverty-by-2030/

tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/01/china-leads-the-way-in-eradicating-extreme-world-poverty/

theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/12/msnbc-anchors-easy-solution-to-ending-poverty-giving-people-money/

blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/04/17/where-the-worlds-poorest-people-live/

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578526822986414876.html

blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/07/25/how-to-read-indias-poverty-stats/

nytimes.com/2013/05/02/arts/music/global-poverty-project-rewards-activism-with-concert-tickets.html?_r=0

nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/is-it-crazy-to-think-we-can-eradicate-poverty.html?pagewanted=all

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I don’t have to waste any more time here. This ^ took me a few minutes. Maybe there’s something wrong with your computer and you should get it fixed, perhaps.

I do not think that it is his computer that has something wrong with it. Old computer tag: GIGO (garbage in, garbage out).

 

[gracepoole]

Reading international news from various sources, both print and online.

This is not rocket science, Robert. It’s hard to miss, actually, unless one never reads the news or never listens to & watches anything but Sound Bite Alphabet stations with their obsession with American politics.

Pew’s research indicates that there is a serious lack of major news sources reporting on global poverty. So Pew is wrong?

I’d also take issue with your claim that apparently only morons miss the topic in the news. I’d be happy to offer anyone here the quiz I offer my students. If someone can tell me the gross national product per capita in the poorest country, or the number of illiterate adults in the developing world, or the number of people worldwide who have died in the last decade because of hunger and poor sanitation, or the number of children who die daily because of poverty – without doing a Google search in order to answer these questions – I’ll be pleasantly surprised. Why are you so resistant to accepting that there’s a healthy amount of ignorance about this topic? You’ve stated that your students are knowledgeable about it – I assume, then, that they can answer these questions? I assume, as well, that they’re doing something to actively combat global poverty – since ignorance of the topic isn’t their problem, I assume they know they’re morally obligated to act, right?

Why? What is your purpose? And why are you so focused & argumentative about this?

Bingo! I need to ask you the same question. Robert is obviously upset about what’s not being done to assist those living in dire poverty. Why that in and of itself is so disturbing to others boggles the mind. No one needs to agree with his specific approach to solving the problem – I don’t agree with it in its entirety. But why become so argumentative in response rather than trying to find reasoned solutions?

Do you have nothing more constructive to do with your time?

Again, bingo! If his position and topic are so unsettling and annoying, it’s confusing as to why you keep engaging with it. ?

 

[Robert_Sock]

Sick!

 

[Elizabeth502]

Sick!

Yep. Certainly is sick. Unfortunately, Robert, for the large proportion of people in the First World who do read widely, and who regularly access all the mainstream media sources I have mentioned (and many more I didn’t mention), and who know about “extreme poverty” and the stats about children starving, what you keep posting isn’t news. Not news on any discussion forum.

Posting more thumbnails is not getting action, is it Robert? Not when you post it, not when NYT publishes it, not when WSJ publishes it, not when MSNBC publishes it, not when Time Magazine publishes it…

Funny…when my students are outraged about something, they don’t post thumbnails on discussion forums and engage in sound-bite-and-image combat. They take action, often all by their little lonesomes.

Have a nice evening, Robert.

 

[Robert_Sock]

Yep. Certainly is sick. Unfortunately, Robert, for the large proportion of people in the First World who do read widely, and who regularly access all the mainstream media sources I have mentioned (and many more I didn’t mention), and who know about “extreme poverty” and the stats about children starving, what you keep posting isn’t news. Not news on any discussion forum.

Posting more thumbnails is not getting action, is it Robert? Not when you post it, not when NYT publishes it, not when WSJ publishes it, not when MSNBC publishes it, not when Time Magazine publishes it…

Funny…when my students are outraged about something, they don’t post thumbnails on discussion forums and engage in sound-bite-and-image combat. They take action, often all by their little lonesomes.

Have a nice evening, Robert.

Well, what’s your personal opinion on the media’s moral obligations in making society aware of extreme poverty in the world? Are the very small handful of articles that you posted enough to adequately inform society of these types of atrocities?

 

[Mark121359]

Yep. Certainly is sick. Unfortunately, Robert, for the large proportion of people in the First World who do read widely, and who regularly access all the mainstream media sources I have mentioned (and many more I didn’t mention), and who know about “extreme poverty” and the stats about children starving, what you keep posting isn’t news. Not news on any discussion forum.

Posting more thumbnails is not getting action, is it Robert? Not when you post it, not when NYT publishes it, not when WSJ publishes it, not when MSNBC publishes it, not when Time Magazine publishes it…

Funny…when my students are outraged about something, they don’t post thumbnails on discussion forums and engage in sound-bite-and-image combat. They take action, often all by their little lonesomes.

Have a nice evening, Robert.

Well, what’s your personal opinion on the media’s moral obligations in making society aware of extreme poverty in the world? Are the very small handful of articles that you posted enough to adequately inform society of these types of atrocities?

But as Elizabeth502 has so thoroughly pointed out with a plethora of links, you’d have to be living in a cave somewhere not to be at least somewhat aware of the extreme poverty that exists in the world. No. I believe Elizabeth is spot-on. Maybe many people are very much aware of this, but choose to ignore it out of hardness of heart. Did you ever think of that? And if true, not you or me, Elizabeth502 or the media can do a thing about it until these people have a sincere and radical change of heart. We live in a world where life itself has been so cheapened through abortion, euthanasia, placing low value on the elderly…you name it. Is it really that shocking then that many would choose to ignore the plight of the less fortunate? I don’t think so. Just maybe, the media has helped play a role in this hardening of hearts, since the “culture of death” and the media appear to be in lock-step with one another.

Peace, Mark

 

[Robert_Sock]

But as Elizabeth502 has so thoroughly pointed out with a plethora of links, you’d have to be living in a cave somewhere not to be at least somewhat aware of the extreme poverty that exists in the world. No. I believe Elizabeth is spot-on. Maybe many people are very much aware of this, but choose to ignore it out of hardness of heart. Did you ever think of that? And if true, not you or me, Elizabeth502 or the media can do a thing about it until these people have a sincere and radical change of heart. We live in a world where life itself has been so cheapened through abortion, euthanasia, placing low value on the elderly…you name it. Is it really that shocking then that many would choose to ignore the plight of the less fortunate? I don’t think so. Just maybe, the media has helped play a role in this hardening of hearts, since the “culture of death” and the media appear to be in lock-step with one another.

Peace, Mark

Are you saying that the media does an adequate job in educating people about extreme poverty? Are the very small handful of articles that Elizabeth posted enough to adequately inform society of these types of atrocities?