The coverage of Mia Farrow’s visit to war-torn Gaza was quite excessive as the 64-year old American is a well-known actress, UN goodwill ambassador and former model. Most interesting was the coverage by ynetnews.com, which chose to take a more personal angle on the story. Most other coverage of the story relates the same information – Farrow is quoted on the destruction and havoc wrought, as well as the 12-year old child she spoke to and her criticism of Israel’s unnecessary bombings upon the Gaza Strip. ynetnews.com, however, speaks of Farrow’s personal life and her contributions as an ambassador, delving deeper into the facts to provide a more rounded view of the story. This is far more effective, as, whilst other online sites pretty much copy information, this website gives reasons for her motivations and even spoke of her recent 12 day hunger-strike out of respect for and frustration at Darfur’s plight. I far prefer this more personal view – it somehow more heartrending to read about Gaza’s children and their terror as well as their hope in the face of disaster. Thus this piece had a far greater impact on me than some of the more hard news coverage presented by other sites.
