A tendency of news reported in the media about problems and emergencies rather than positive developments is more harmful to the individual and to society. Do you agree or disagree?

The wide outreach of media outlets—both print and electronic—made them

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a reliable source

of

information

.

However

, the nature of modern media—mostly driven by digital networks—has given enough opportunity for misinformation

peddlers

someone paddling a canoe

paddlers

to

spread

fake news among those who are naïve and gullible. The problem is exacerbated during a crisis when the harmful effects of modern media outweighs the benefits.

For instance

, the World Health Organization was more worried about the “

infodemic

” rather than the

coronavirus

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carnivorous

pandemic lately. Content creators, especially through social media, were successful in spreading fake

information

like the disease spreads through 4G or 5G spectrums, use of cow urine or cow dung is effective against

this

virus, or consumption of hot water may enhance your ability to fight the infection.

This

deluge of

information

jeopardized the efforts made by public health experts to contain the

spread

of the virus. Another example that illustrates the harmful effects of media is the recent

spread

of

coronavirus

in India, with Tablighi Jamat identified as one of the disease hotspots. Rather than discussing the strategy that might be used to identify these people, most media houses were busy giving

this

incident a communal

color

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

colour

.

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The spread

of

such

information

among those who are naïve and have limited access to reliable sources, makes it difficult to handle a crisis.

Similarly

, assembly of migrant workers outside Jama Masjid in Mumbai, a city in Central India, was

also

used as a spin-off to

spread

communal hatred. Rather than discussing the plight of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown, most news agencies were again more focused on the political agenda behind

this

gathering. Instances like the ones described above make it clear that

media

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the media

, that once used to be the most trustworthy source of

information

during a crisis, seems to have lost its charm. It is

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at

the discretion of the consumer to differentiate between right and wrong, which makes it hard to handle an emergency.