Sierra Leone ready to vote

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/08/09/dougherty.us.china.trillion.cnn

This piece addresses the current state of affairs in Sierra Leone regarding upcoming elections. The reporter illistrates how the 2002 elections followed a civil war, and how this upcoming election is peaceful, she believes this is attributed to democracy. She says that the country looks like a carnival,

"It is proof that democracy is taking root."

I love that to further emphasize her point CNN shows a clip of the Hollywood movie, "Blood Diamond," as if this were some sort of evidence. I watched the movie, as did many Americans, but this should not be used as News. I was really irritated with this whole story, I felt that this story showed how democracy is the best system, by marginalizing any other form of development.