Wednesday, October 26, 2005

It's political, in a bad way

Unicef takes note of the plight of children with AIDS in Africa, the UN sends out a news release, it gets coverage on CNN, and no mention of Stephen Lewis. Huh?

Interesting that this all happens the week that Mr. Lewis embarks on his cross-country Massey Lectures, speaking on, not surprisingly, AIDS in Africa.

Why appoint him as UN Envoy for AIDS in Africa and then not quote him somehow?

I suspect it's for the same reason that there's an ashtray right outside the front door when by-laws clearly prohibit it:

"It's political"

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