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Did media overplay swine flu panic?

Many people argue that the media has overplayed the swine flu panic. But others feel the TV channels have been performing their social responsibility.

The channels did their job decently well and, as a result, there is awareness about Swine flu among people. If the people now know how to insulate themselves from swine flu or what they should do if one is affected, the credit should go to the media.

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Irrespective of whether the western media had a hidden agenda behind playing up the panic, for the Indian channels, A H1N1 seemed to have come as a saving grace to keep themselves occupied with when the country was devoid of high politics or scandals.

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Posted by: vvm4u@indiatimes.com On : Aug 27, 2009 17:33 PM

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True it does sounds as if it was driving attention of "aam Janta" away from all Political issue... even a National agenta like terrorism from Ajmal Kasab, Afzal Guru are sidelined.

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Posted by: asdafh@ghsda.com On : Aug 27, 2009 17:32 PM

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the media needs to tell it as it is!

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Posted by: sharukumar53@yahoo.co.in On : Aug 27, 2009 14:27 PM

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TV channels have played their social responsibility as the pandemic out break was not properly informed to the public by the government earlier.

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Posted by: manish1444@gmail.com On : Aug 27, 2009 12:05 PM

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goverment agency doesn't do there job properly & leave the people on BHAGWAN BHAROSE

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Posted by: sagarraikas@sify.com On : Aug 27, 2009 11:17 AM

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tv channels brings the facts in front of people and they shoud do it to aware pepole around the globe and not fall prey to politics.

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Posted by: deekshitk@hotmail.com On : Aug 27, 2009 11:09 AM

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Did the media overplay or underplay will be really known when we get statistics of deaths due to more common and already known and treated diseases like other viral flue, Malaria, Dengue etc. If I am correct daily hundreds are dying due to chronic indian illness - poverty related hunger and unhygenic living conditions generated many common diseases. If compared to the magnittude (per my wild guess) of the same, we will probably end up concluded that it was hyped by media due to want of any topics for media to keep alive.

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Posted by: bala_v_su@yahoo.com On : Aug 27, 2009 10:42 AM

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Media created unnecessary panic. Swine flu is like any other contagious disease. Not everybody who contracts it is going to die.

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Posted by: vijayacda@gmail.com On : Aug 27, 2009 10:36 AM

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the channel did their job decently well . But they should not create panic

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Posted by: sridhar_v@sify.com On : Aug 27, 2009 10:35 AM

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Yes, the Media has nothing to do now-a-days, but look to sensationalise anything and everything that they can lay their hands on and have become obssesed with the role of trying to play Creators and have gone overboard.

Some of the TV Channels think that they are experts on everything that makes up the world and it is disgusting to see the way they handle debates and questions and always want to have the last word.

We can do without this.

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Posted by: manjash844@rediffmail.com On : Aug 27, 2009 10:01 AM

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media is not showing the exact details,
they are reapting and reapting one since only.

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