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  • Paved With Good Intentions (Bob Geldof's Live Aid? It should have been called Dead Aid.)

    07/11/2005 11:50:47 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 11 replies · 922+ views
    The American Prowler ^ | 7/12/2005 | Ralph R. Reiland
    The first time Bono and Madonna got together to save Africa, the unintended consequence was the death of perhaps as many as 100,000 people. That's aid expert David Rieff's conclusion in the July 2005 issue of the resolutely liberal American Prospect magazine regarding the end result of Live Aid in 1985. Billed as "The Greatest Show on Earth," Live Aid was a multi-venue rock concert held on July 13, 1985 in London and Philadelphia in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. With an estimated 1.5 billion viewers watching the live broadcast in 100 countries, the event reportedly...