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Perfect for Valentine's Day - The movie Blood Diamond has once again focused the country's attention on the diamond industry. But what's a concerned consumer to do? This sound-rich, quirky piece shows what options are out there.
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Perfect for Valentine's Day - The movie Blood Diamond has once again focused the country's attention on the diamond industry. But what's a concerned consumer to do? This sound-rich, quirky piece shows what options are out there.
Broadcast History
Broadcast on the World Vision Report, Dec. 8, 2006
Transcript
(woman singing? diamonds are forever?? Kanye West rapping: ?Though your diamonds in the sky, every time you jive??)
TRACK 1: Earlier this year, Kanye West released a new song. It was all about the good life, and luxury ? including diamonds. Then he learned about human rights abuses financed by the diamond trade. He was so outraged that he changed his lyrics.
(SONG: Come on in this aint Vietnam, still, people lose hands, legs arms for real, little was known on sierra leone, and how it connects to the diamonds we own?)
(or maybe: See, a part of me say keep shinin? How? When I know what a ?Blood Diamond? is)
TRACK: That same issue was also on Tom Eagen?s mind. He was about to propose and needed a ring, but he knew his girlfriend would want to know where the diamond came from.
EAGEN 1: We had ? we were actually in Amsterdam recently and we saw a photo exhibit on how the conditi...
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Timing and Cues
Host intro: (Easily changed to incorporate Valentine's Day)
The movie Blood Diamond opened in theaters recently. It's a chilling look at the world of conflict diamonds. Those are diamonds that are bought and sold on the black market in Africa. Rebel groups used the profits to fund insurgencies in countries like Sierra Leone and Angola. The diamonds eventually find their way into the legal diamond trade and ultimately into shiny glass cases in jewelry stores across America and Europe. Consumers are rarely aware that the diamonds the buy might be tainted. But if you don't want to wear a blood diamond on your finger, there are other options. Cynthia Graber reports.
