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‘Alarmist’ COVID-19 reporting lead to a panicked response

Sky News host Rita Panahi says the “hysterical” reporting of COVID-19 has been “designed not to inform but to scare the bejesus off of the audience”. Ms Panahi said the bulk of the media’s reports — particularly in the US — has been “simplistic and alarmist”. “The bulk of the reporting on Covid-19 has been simplistic and alarmist and nowhere has that been more evident than in the coverage of the pandemic in the U.S. which has predictably been coloured with fake news, half-truths and barely concealed Trump Derangement Syndrome,” she said. Via news.com.au — Australia’s #1 news site https://www.news.com.au
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