Panic and the truth
Are journalists reporting coronavirus responsibly?
The Media Show · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
As the number of people infected with coronavirus rises rapidly in Europe and the US, can journalists ever report the situation without causing panic? In Italy the newspaper Corriere della Sera has been accused of endangering public health after it published a leak of a government order to lock down the north of the country, resulting in people fleeing the region before it was implemented. Should journalists ever withhold the truth?
Also in the programme, how Good Housekeeping has become the biggest selling women's lifestyle magazine in the UK.
Amol Rajan is joined by Jess Brammar, editor in chief HuffPost UK, Tom Phillips, editor Full Fact, Paul Nuki, global health security editor The Daily Telegraph, Gaby Huddart, editor in chief Good Housekeeping and Dany Mitzman, freelance journalist in Italy.
Producer: Richard Hooper