Haiti: Two differences sights journalistic
Some days after the Haiti disaster, many countries showed their support.
The world was touched by these destructions, the sadness of the population and by the increase of poverty too. After that, many world citizens proved their Humanism in favour of the poorest country in the world. In fact, a movement great organized through the planet for helped their.
They gave food, water, care medical or give funds.
Numerous actors or singers sent money to provide people with money and certain wrote a song, as « dear Haiti ». So, there was a media racing and many journalists talk about this.
A few months ago, the Sun published: « Quake appeal, Donate now to ease misery of Haiti's millions».
It's a call to the gifts... Indeed, we can perceived in this article the voucher.
English journalists do publicity about Haiti Gifts.
As matter of fact, this operation would shock the French population.
This is explained by different ideas about journalism between these two countries.
In France, we maybe don't have the same definition as the other countries.
In fact, we try to remain totally objective and don't practise or few a communication job and
we leave the UN manage with this type of problem.
Morever, there was a great distance of mentality within the British and French public opinion .
Furthemore, the publicity for gifts in a newspaper can touche many people of the world and this make people react.
So, the press of agency does its own ads in this type of operations and do a good image
Nevertheless, can have some drifts on gifts....
Journalism stays on economic world and the Humanitarian operations are good for their future sold,
But, we may wonder if do humanitary jobs are journalists' job?
VL et JB