Greetings from Durban, South Africa. The most frustrating consequence of moving is disconnecting from the global conversation. I admit it, I am a news junkie. My typical reading list includes almost a dozen newspapers and hundreds of other sites and blogs. For the first week, the only news I can get in my cottage home was from the South African Broadcasting Company’s (SABC) morning show. Unfortunately, their global news segments just a few minutes, covering a maximum of five stories.
Haiti has featured prominently in SABC broadcasts since I started watching. That much is appropriate, and expected. But, more striking is the impressive exposure the USNS Comfort has had on SABC. Almost everyday, the US Navy ship is mentioned and shown working in Haiti. The broadcasts include both segments of interviews with the health workers onboard, or B-roll of the ship off the coast.
It was with great pleasure and pride that I watched SABC show clip after clip of US servicemen in Haiti and US Navy ships off her coast. Keep up the good work, the world is watching.
Christopher R. Albon is a political science Ph.D. specializing in armed conflict, public health, human security, and health diplomacy.
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