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PBS NewsHour  'Kony 2012': Viral Video's Message, Backlash Examined

'Kony 2012': 'Unprecedented' Viral Video's Message, Backlash Examined Details

 

Program: PBS NewsHour

Episode: 'Kony 2012': Viral Video's Message, Backlash Examined

The "Stop Kony" campaign that's gone viral in recent days aims to spotlight the atrocities of warlord Joseph Kony in Uganda. Margaret Warner discusses the nonprofit Invisible Children's popular "Kony 2012" video and the ensuing criticism of it with the Institute for Policy Studies' Emira Woods and Porter Novelli's Dawn Arteaga.

Duration: (10:54)
Premiere Date: 03/08/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: E


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