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October 14, 2005Survivor: Guatemala Relief website (UPDATED)CBS has opened a "Guatemala - Central America Relief" page on the Survivor: Guatemala website to raise funds to "help the victims of Tropical Storm Stan." Which is a good thing, right? Well, yes... but there are some bizarre aspects to the site. For example: * There is no link to the Relief page from the Survivor: Guatemala page. * Instead of providing information about the disaster and its many victims, the only commentary CBS makes is: "The FBI warns people donating to hurricane relief over the Internet to beware: Agents have reviewed 2,100 sites claiming to be relief funds and found 60 percent were foreign and more likely to be bogus. At least eight criminal investigations are under way." Not exactly a motivational plea for assistance, is it? * Finally, of the eight charities listed on the page, at least half don't appear to be in any way involved in relief efforts in Guatemala: the Salvation Army USA, the United Way, Islamic Relief, and the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals!!! It seems that the Survivor: Guatemala website is about as likely to assist Guatemalan victims as the t.v. show is to reflect Guatemalan reality. Don't believe me? Here's the link! UPDATE: It seems that your emails to CBS worked! The new webpage, while still short on information about the tragedy, at least provides links to aid organizations that are actually working in Guatemala. Nicely done, folks. For those of you who didn't get a chance to see the original, dismal web page... here's a screenshot. (Note to CBS executives: I'll make the screenshot go away if you make a sizeable donation to one of the aid organizations. Hehe.) Tags: Guatemala, Survivor, Survivor: Guatemala, Relief, Website Posted by elcanche at October 14, 2005 01:02 AMComments
Typical.....but your pictureswere great. We are back and all set up here...Love....Dad Barbara Posted by: Dad at October 14, 2005 10:30 AMUnbelievable!! We saw that they had a message last night when we were flipping to CBS to watch CSI and we thought that was a good thing too, but now that you did your homework we can see that the assistance is not going to be happening. What a shame! Love, Marisa Posted by: Marisa at October 14, 2005 11:44 AMHola canche! Thanks for the link, I was wondering what was happening to CBS's deliberation as to whether they should allow reality to affect their reality-show. This is the first time I notice your journal, but I will definitely come back. Good luck with your work. Saludos de otro canche. Posted by: Mikkel Møldrup-Lakjer at October 14, 2005 01:53 PMI put you on the front page. Thanks for the info. You do good work. Let me know when you get any other nuggest of info like this. Thanks again. |
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