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If you tuned in to Nightline last night, you saw a report from the Congo about the political and humanitarian crisis there. But, the interesting part about it was who was reporting the story: Ben Affleck.
According to Reuters, Affleck has made three trips out to the Congo, and he contacted ABC News to see if they wanted to send a camera crew along with him. He also wrote an essay about his trips for the late-night news program’s website. It’s a refreshing view from Ben, whose trips to the war-torn country have mostly been under wraps.
“I view this as a long and ongoing learning experience to educate myself before making any attempt to advocate or ’speak out,’” Affleck writes. He also says that “it makes sense to be skeptical about celebrity activism. There is always the suspicion that involvement with a cause may be doing more good for the spokesman than he or she is doing for the cause.”
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