The Big Problem in Media Coverage of Foreign Aid: No Context

Morning Edition had a segment on efforts to counter the Trump administration's proposal to cut foreign aid, including money going to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The segment featured a comment from Bill Gates, whose foundation also supports this fund.

Gates noted the lack of support for foreign aid and attributed it to the media's tendency to highlight failures, where money is poorly spent or stolen, as opposed to the success stories. While there is undoubtedly so...