The Quake: Video Documentary On Haiti Disaster

April 5th, 2010

Just a couple of months after a monster earthquake devastated Haiti, last week the best documentary franchise, Fontline; aired an examination of the quake on PBS. Not only does the piece look at what happen; but at what’s going to happen to the deforested country with the coming rainy season in May.
Ellen Gay says:
“The [...]

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Geraldo Rivera Calls Wyclef a Poverty Pimp

February 6th, 2010

Fox News talking head Jeraldo Rivera appeared on Fox’s the O’Reily Factor with Bill O’Reily. Speaking of the distribution of money from the star studded Haiti Telethon a couple of weeks ago, he questioned why Yele Haiti was being giving the least $1 mil as opposed to 6 to 8 million to other charities. He [...]

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Response To Village Voice Bashing of Wyclef and Yele Donors

January 21st, 2010

Zach Baron of the Village Voice’s website took aim at Yele Haiti, and it’s founder Wyclef Jean on Tuesday after the organizations Monday press conference to respond to media reporting and innuendo regarding the organizations handling of it’s finances.
Here’s the gist of the piece:
This is pretty much the exact modern fable of technology and [...]

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