JAN 26: AMANPOUR AND CNN ASK IF HAITI'S "GARMENT INDUSTRY" IS THE WAY TO RECOVERY

Superstar reporter Christiane Amanpour flew into Port-Au-Prince to state that Haiti's garment industry is attractive to the US because it has "a low wage workforce comparable to China's but on it's own doorstep and high-quality production say the economists." What is not covered in this clip is that she talked to Anderson Cooper following her report for AC360 saying that these workers make twice the minimum wage in Haiti. AC asked how much that is. Amanpour states $4 per day.

Does Amanpour really think that sweatshop wages are the road to recovery for this country? Does she think at all? It's very easy for people in this position in the media to say that Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere but is it really that hard for them to connect the dots as to why that may be. Or is it not even a discussion as to wether people should work for four bucks a day making athletic gear for US companies and for the shelves of Wal-Mart? Is it take it or leave it for the Haitian workers at this point?