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Authors, sign in!I know this seems like a stupid story to blog about, but many are wondering if Gender plays a role in hardcore journalism. CNN's Campbell Brown was emotionally overwhelmed when she found out about the 11-year old Girl stuck under the rubble of a house in Port-au-Prince.
According to Salon.com, " She was nearly brought to tears. Her voice wavered as she pleaded with an on-the-ground reporter via satellite."
"Please tell us she's gonna be OK." Later, while talking to Dr. Sanjay Gupta in front of one of the few hospitals still functioning in the area, she called attention to her own emotional state: "I apologize. As a mother, I'm having a really hard time watching a lot of this, as I'm sure people at home are and I'm sure you are."
This devastation is really overwhelming and I've had to catch myself a couple of times especially when the photos of bodies appear on the news.
Many wonder if her crying has to do with the fact that "Women are too Emotional" and can't handle hardcore news or if she was just being human, and that's what humans do, we feel.
I don't think that her reaction to the story was anything but part of her being human and has nothing to do with Gender.
What are your thoughts?
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Published January 15, 2010 by Tatiana McKinney |
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