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...Read "Is Iraq Ready for Twitter? New Media in a War Zone...
...There is some prudence in this approach. Any warning system that only responded to true emergencies would clearly be too conservative. But media messages about a potential threat must be put in context, and authorities must take pains to be specific...
...you’ve only been watching news networks like CNN for the past week, you’d think we’re all doomed. It’s not just the media: The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert to the second-highest level last week. Even my mother, a practicing doctor, called me on Monday to tell me to avoid riding the subway. While it’s clear we’ll survive the swine flu, who knows if we can handle the mass hysteria...
...airplanes. His comments aren’t only unfairly damaging to the airline industry, but, given his position in the government, they also suggest that he has inside information about the flu’s dangers that aren’t being shared with the general public. Similarly, mainstream media outlets should resist the temptation to sensationalize coverage with terms like “vicious virus” (used...
...towns like Xonocatlan - and patients like Leyva - or doctors in those towns weren't reporting symptoms like Leyva's to health officials as assiduously as they should have. Either way, a cloud of confusion still hangs over Leyva's neighborhood, where his family bitterly accuses both officials and the media of "sensationalizing" his death as a swine-flu fatality, says Leyva's niece, and stigmatizing his wife and three children, who've been left with little if any income. "This is a peaceful, hard-working family hit by something utterly unexpected," says Cortes, "and now the media want...