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Jerry Lewis: Is it not interesting we could have a crises like this, a crises like this that affects so many thousands and thousands…

On the recordJuly 13, 2004
Is it not interesting we could have a crises like this, a crises like this that affects so many thousands and thousands of lives, men, women and children, a tragic circumstance, and, yet, ofttimes in this country the inane things that we see on the front pages of our newspapers, the New York Times, the Washington Post, et cetera, hardly a word about this crises. Is this not front-page material in this country if we truly have concern about the world? I would hope maybe as we go forward in this discussion today, we might send that message as well.
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Jerry Lewis
California

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Addressing the lack of media coverage on a significant crisis affecting many lives.

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