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Kristof: 'A Real Failure to Cover Humanitarian Crises'

NEW YORK, February 26, 2015 — Responding to a question from Asia Society President Josette Sheeran about Darfur, New York Times columnist and social activist Nicholas Kristof bemoans the selective attention given by Western news organizations to matters like Syria's refugee crisis. "If these issues are not covered," he notes, "they will not get addressed." (2 min., 58 sec.)

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