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Haiti: Can News Ever Be Impartial?

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 23 February 2011 14 years ago

“We have to remember that news – that holy, sacred source of information – is biased”: Throwing Down the Water reminds us to ask a few pertinent questions – “Whose story is being told? Through which eyes? For whose benefit?” – when sifting through the news.

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