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As the scale of the crisis becomes more evident, it was hoped that the major news outlets would increase their frequency and depth of coverage. Personally, I've not seen that increase. Have you found any sources that seem to be stepping up?

This is a link to a video report that is what can be found on the Internet if you look for it.

Link to Yahoo World News Report on Pakistan Flooding

What are your thoughts on how this disaster is being communicated globally?

A glance at this morning's top page of CNN visually focuses on things like movies and suicides and iPads.... and a you have to look for the link to this video report. The report itself talks about needing to increase visibility, but CNN has not adjusted their level of highlighting the issue. Hopefully by the time you check this out, they might have.

CNN Report on Pakistan Flooding and calls for more media coverage

Now review the attached screen capture and determine for yourself if the more prevalent news items are in fact more important that the Pakistan flooding news... and how long does it take you to find the flooding reference?

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This post was edited by the author August 2010.

Some incredible comments by Ban Ki-Moon, head of the UN after he just got back from personally touring the devastation. Note: Ban visited Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country in May 2008, killing an estimated 138,000 people. He also flew to China's Sichuan province just days after an earthquake killed nearly 90,000 people in March 2008.

"The magnitude of the problem; the world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination," he said.

"This is a long-term affair; this is a two-year campaign. We have to consider that and keep that in mind.

"For two years we've got to give them crops, fertilizers; we've got to give them seed; we've got to look after them, feed them, for two years, to bring them back to where they were. And they will still not be where they were.