TV: Darfur vs. Michael Jackson.

• Author: Kristof, Nicholas D.
• Position: Media coverage - Brief article

With several hundred thousand people murdered in Darfur and 2 million homeless, the best hope for those stilt alive is American outrage. The only way the White House will move on Darfur is if it is flooded with calls from the public--and that will happen only when the genocide is brought home to living rooms across America. According to recent data, coverage of the crisis during evening newscasts of the broadcast networks actually declined last year. The total for all three networks was...