{"id":50208,"date":"2015-04-29T04:25:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T10:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/competing-disasters-and-newsworthiness.html"},"modified":"2015-05-04T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T21:58:11","slug":"competing-disasters-and-newsworthiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/competing-disasters-and-newsworthiness.html","title":{"rendered":"Competing Disasters and Newsworthiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shelterbox is, indeed, a very cool thing (http:\/\/www.shelterboxusa.org\/<\/a>), and their efforts (and the efforts of all relief agencies in Nepal) should be supported. <\/p>\n

Indeed, in some ways Nepal is a much easier problem to address, short-term (even long-term) than Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

What's happening in Baltimore is important, undeniably.<\/p>\n

What's happening in Nepal is also<\/b> important, and it's getting pushed out of the news cycle, so here's a bit of signal boost: Shelterbox is on the ground in Nepal and mobilizing their forces to do some real good in a devastated area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shelterbox is, indeed, a very cool thing (http:\/\/www.shelterboxusa.org\/), and their efforts (and the efforts of all relief agencies in Nepal) should be supported. Indeed, in some ways Nepal is a much easier problem to address, short-term (even long-term) than Baltimore. Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman: What's happening in Baltimore is important, undeniably. 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