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https://www.borgenmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Media-Misrepresentation-of-Humanitarian-Crises.jpg15991066Given the widespread media coverage of wars and geopolitics in recent times, the international community has become largely dependent on news outlets. The dissemination of knowledge is important in the global effort to fight poverty as there is often a very close link between media attention, public perception and, by extension, foreign aid, mobilization and donations.