Media Alert: We’re All Going To Die

Apr 29, 2009 by winjaw

One thing that always drove me crazy was how we in the media too often blew out of proportion the latest death threat from some exotic-sounding something.

Whether it be West Nile, Bird Flu or Fill In The Blank Flu/Pox/Influenza, it seems we’re all going to die from it.  Now it’s Swine Flu, and it’s everywhere in the news.

To date, at least one plane was “temporarily quarantined” after arriving from Mexico; and now there are calls to close the borders. Yeah, that’s worked well in the past with illegal aliens. Oops, sorry, I meant undocumented workers. Don’t want to get picketed.

Too often what’s missing is perspective.

And yet I have to give credit where it’s do, and it’s do to CNN, which too often leads the charge in Chicken Little stories.

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Worldwide, “the flu” will kill between 250,000 and 500,000 this year, or so says the CDC.

Good journalism requires not only good storytelling, but getting the facts right and putting everything into perspective. It’s paramount upon the media to present the facts so officials and the public can make rationale and informed decisions.

But soldiers handing out surgical masks and the daily “death toll” type stories and footage too oftten make for a better story. And suggesting the Black Death is headed for America and we’re all better bury our heads is not good journalism.

Yep, you are going to die. But I bet there’s a 99.9% chance it ain’t gonna be Swine Flu.