Wyclef Jean's campaign ends.

This story in the world of entertainment is a follow up to Wyclef Jeans’s campaign to become Haiti’s president.


There are two stories that I found interesting on the topic. The first story was written for the Observer on the 22nd of august 2010 by Harris. The story gave a run down of the fact that Jean had been pulled out of the race for presidency. It also said that there were unclear reasons for why this had happened. But stated that Jean thought it was because he was not a resident of Haiti. It states that there were concerns of death threats and security concerns. The article has used Wyclef jean as a source of information, but has not covered any comments on how Haitians have felt or by any other source and has made the singer/songwriter look as though he had no real political campaign.The article also suggests that there were concerns about riots due to the decision but there is no source to backup that concern.

On the other hand the story written by Damien Cave for the New York Times, has given the clear explanation of why Jean has been declined the chance to run for presidency. The story which was written on the 21st August 2010 clearly identifies that the reason behind the decision that prevented him from running was that he had to have lived in Haiti for five consecutive years prior to the November 28 2010 election.

Cave has also included comment from local business people about their thoughts and has also given an insight to how the supporters of Jean have responded to the news. There is more of an overall picture that this story presents on the outcome of the decision not to allow him to run. Again as with Harris’s story there were mentions of supposed unrest of Jeans supporters but, again, there was no source to back up the statement.

So both stories lacked the information needed to explain statements of supporter unrest yet Cave’s story gave more of an overall picture on how Jean dealt with the news and how ordinary Haitians felt about the country’s elections officials and their decision to end his campaign.

Harris : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/22/wyclef-jean-haiti-presidential-election
Cave: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/americas/22haiti.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss