Simon Cowell, Anderson Cooper And Wyclef Jean Solve A Problem Like Haiti: In Pictures
Simon Cowell, Anderson Cooper And Wyclef Jean Solve A Problem Like Haiti…
HAITI. Can Haiti be solved by celebrity will power, by the sheer force of hundreds of agents pushing to get their stars onto a charity single? Cynical? Did you read that Simon Cowell is to produce a song for Haiti and celebrate or did you think, “Is there nothing that he isn’t in charge of”?
But who cares for the grandstanding so long as the destitute get something, anything. Right?
Haiti In Pictures: Winnie Tilin And Redjeson Hausteen Make Sense Of The Incredible
Send Jedward to Haiti. Send Cheryl Cole to weep for Haiti. Better yet, wait a while and send them when it’s all clean and tidy. That way you don’t look like a **** – like them – for holidaying in a swanky hotel and you can present a news segment showing how the money you helped raise was put to good use. You get to look good. You get to be loved.
On the telly, Haiti is a means to sell the telly, and build the brand.
On SKY NEWS, we met the child that SKY NEWS found and took to meet Israeli doctors. How is the child that SKY NEWS found doing, asks SKY NEWS.
On CNN, Anderson Cooper is LIVE. He is looking at the people suffering. LIVE. But then he realises that he is not a benign vessel showing the people slumped on their chairs at home the horror, with a frown and sad eyes. He realises that he is a human beign and can actually do something. This is not David Attenborough not daring to save the animal from being eaten. This is people watching people. Get involved. Do something.
So here’s the song. Here’s Marc Ronson at a charity event. Here’s Pete Wentz speaking for Haiti. Here’s the media gossiping about Wyclef Jean’s charity work. Here’s Joel Madden doing it for a UNICEF gig.
Here’s Haiti in the news…
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Posted: 21st, January 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
