This Friday, there was a telethon in the USA (and some other countries) organized (among others) by actor "George - do good - Clooney". The telethon was aired simultaneously on more than 25 networks, including CNN.
So far that show raised... $58 million dollars...
What? That must be wrong?
Let me get this straight: Holland with only 17 million people, raises $117 million dollars and the US (and other countries) with an estimated 308 million people, only raise $58 million?
I hope those are preliminary figures, because that would be a shame and disgrace in my book. It can't be right can it? The Funny thing is that CNN writes in it's article about the telethon:
"The preliminary figure is a record for donations made by the public through a disaster relief telethon, according to a news release from telethon organizers."
Wow. I surely hope that this is a mistake and they can't really count all the donations fast enough.
See also: Hope for Haiti telethon vs Holland helps Haiti
