What say you my Haitian sisters and brothers?
I do indeed appreciate CNN's attempt to keep us aware of the progress, or lack thereof, that some recovery efforts have made in Haiti following the horrific affects of the most recent earthquake there. But, . . . it is disconcerting that the voice of the Haitian peoples is being filtered, and often silenced, by the "perspectives" of non-Haitian, visiting inhabitants. The CNN staff could better serve their desire to inform its audience in this regard if they focused more on descriptive reporting, and let the "Nationals" of Haiti lend perspective from the vantage point of citizen inhabitants and residents. The residents of Haiti aren't merely residing in Haiti to report the stagnant food transfers and snail-paced reconstruction of the formerly anemic physical structures that had been demolished. The CNN reporters are primary candidates to provide this sort of information. The Haitian inhabitants are there for the long haul. We're willing to listen to them ...