(03-22-2020, 09:21 PM)Gointocarlton date Wrote:Im not the greatest fan of 60 mins but last night, they had a story which showed a hospital in Cremona Italy. It was heartbreaking listening to the nurses and doctors speaking.Which is why the rest of us should be intolerant to those claiming COVID-19 is a hoax or beat up!
(btw. Another media disinformation/misinformation, COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, COVID-19 is not the virus but the illness caused by it! The inversion of those two labels is a major reason some are getting facts wrong.)
I'm critical of the media for causing hysteria, because they aren't doing their job, much of what you see broadcast is pissweak downhill skiing that results in things like panic buying of poo tickets in a country that makes the stuff!
If you want to be a journalist, your job is to filter out the bullcrap, fact check and verify everything with recognised authorities on the subject at hand. Not to propagate rumours and cause panic!
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